Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Rocky Mount Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37127010503 · Nash County, NC · pop 2,225 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Rocky Mount
37127010503 is a census tract in Rocky Mount, NC. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,010
Renter share14.3%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate17.5%
Median income$74,265
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rocky Mount and the region
Centroid at 35.9868, -77.8588 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rocky Mount scores 3.5
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
17.5% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,030 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 204Total filings over 2 yrs
- 56.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 59.0%Peak (2002)
- 97Filings in 2003 (latest validated)
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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 12.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 32.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rocky Mount
Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 204 filings here across 2 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2002 at 59.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 56.3% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.3/10.
Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $74,265, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 33% of renters. It tracks the Nash County average of 3.7 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,030, close to the Rocky Mount average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37127010503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37127010503?
Census tract 37127010503 in Rocky Mount scores 3.5/10 (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 37127010503?
Median gross rent is $1,030/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37127010503?
17.5% of residents in tract 37127010503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,225.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37127010503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 64th, minority 62th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37127010503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 204 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37127010503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 56.28% of renter households, peaking at 59.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37127010503 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37127010503 compare to Rocky Mount overall?
Tract 37127010503 scores 3.5/10, 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.
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37127010301
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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37127010200
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020400
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020600
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37127010700
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020300
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37127010505
4
/ 10 · Moderate
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