Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally

Greenville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37147000503 · Pitt County, NC · pop 4,373 · 70% of tract blocks fall in Greenville

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 37147000503 (Greenville, North Carolina) comes in at 6.5/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 86th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $950 a month while the average household earns $44,855 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 83% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 47% Owners 17%

Tract context

Occupied units2,080

Renter share82.9%

SVI overall0.52

Poverty rate21.4%

Median income$44,855

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Greenville and the region

Centroid at 35.5700, -77.3664 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenville scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Greenville

5.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.5

State political climate

North Carolina legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

21.4% poverty · this tract

5.3

Supply constraint

$950 rent vs county FMR

3.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Greenville

6.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Greenville

9.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Greenville

7.5

How Greenville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

85%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
67%Racial/ethnic minority
62%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.

12.7%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
14.6%Food insecurity
12.3%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
17.7%Frequent mental distress
27.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greenville

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 Greenville eviction risk, 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 White and Black and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% 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 37147000503

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37147000503?

Census tract 37147000503 in Greenville scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37147000503?

Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37147000503?

21.4% of residents in tract 37147000503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,373.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37147000503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 1th, minority 67th, housing 62th.

What share of households in tract 37147000503 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.7% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37147000503 compare to Greenville overall?

Tract 37147000503 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Greenville at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greenville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Greenville

Top eight tracts in Greenville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.