Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Ayden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37147001404 · Pitt County, NC · pop 1,457 · 63% of tract blocks fall in Ayden
Census tract 37147001404 runs through Ayden. With 1,457 residents, it scores 6.3/10 for landlords. It lands near the 82nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $48,988 a year. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units683
Renter share37.5%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$48,988
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ayden and the region
Centroid at 35.4432, -77.4357 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ayden scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ayden
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ayden
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ayden
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ayden
8.4
How Ayden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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.
- 15.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.6%Food insecurity
- 17.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 38.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ayden
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Ayden, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Pitt County average of 6.2 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 37147001404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37147001404?
Census tract 37147001404 in Ayden scores 4.5/10 (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 37147001404?
13.8% of residents in tract 37147001404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,457.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 37147001404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 100th, minority 83th, housing 99th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 37147001404 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.8% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 37147001404 compare to Ayden overall?
Tract 37147001404 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Ayden at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ayden; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ayden
Top eight tracts in Ayden ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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