Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Rocky Mount Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37127010700 · Nash County, NC · pop 2,983 · 35% of tract blocks fall in Rocky Mount
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 37127010700 in Rocky Mount, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,983. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,039
Renter share17.7%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate24.3%
Median income$66,478
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rocky Mount and the region
Centroid at 36.0825, -77.7714 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rocky Mount scores 4.4
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
24.3% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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)
- 120Total filings over 2 yrs
- 20.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.5%Peak (2003)
- 63Filings 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.
- 18.8%Housing insecurity
- 13.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.9%Food insecurity
- 23.2%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 40.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rocky Mount
Cost burden runs 48% here against 35.3% across Nash County. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Court records carry 120 eviction filings across 2 observed years.
SNAP participation runs 23.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 24.9% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Nash County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 21.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 20.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 37127010700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37127010700?
Census tract 37127010700 in Rocky Mount scores 4.4/10 (Moderate 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 poverty rate in tract 37127010700?
24.3% of residents in tract 37127010700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,983.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 37127010700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 78th, minority 82th, housing 81th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37127010700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 120 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37127010700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.48% of renter households, peaking at 21.5% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37127010700 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.8% 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. 13.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37127010700 compare to Rocky Mount overall?
Tract 37127010700 scores 4.4/10, higher than 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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Five Points
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
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37065020300
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37127010505
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37065020200
3.9
/ 10 · Low
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