Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Rocky Mount Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37127010302 · Nash County, NC · pop 2,816 · 78% of tract blocks fall in Rocky Mount
Tract 37127010302 sits in Rocky Mount eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.6/10. It is home to 2,816 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,338
Renter share33.7%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$57,778
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rocky Mount and the region
Centroid at 35.9238, -77.8503 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rocky Mount scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rocky Mount
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$843 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rocky Mount
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rocky Mount
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rocky Mount
3.5
How Rocky Mount compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 14.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.5%Food insecurity
- 14.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 10.5%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rocky Mount
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Average gross rent is $843, 12% below the Rocky Mount average. That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $57,778, annual rent is just 18%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
35% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Nash County average of 3.7 closely. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37127010302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37127010302?
Census tract 37127010302 in Rocky Mount scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 37127010302?
Median gross rent is $843/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37127010302?
14.1% of residents in tract 37127010302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,816.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37127010302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 5th, minority 69th, housing 39th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37127010302 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.2% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37127010302 compare to Rocky Mount overall?
Tract 37127010302 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Rocky Mount at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rocky Mount eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Rocky Mount
Top eight tracts in Rocky Mount ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NC
37127010301
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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Five Points
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37127010200
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37065020600
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37065020400
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37127010700
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37065020300
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37127010505
4
/ 10 · Moderate
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