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Census Tract · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally

Greenville Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 37147000800 · Pitt County, NC · pop 2,899 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Greenville

With a score of 7.2/10, tract 37147000800 in Greenville, NC reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,899 residents. Severe burden reaches 52%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 22% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,087
Renter share54.6%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate40.9%
Median income$31,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 28 tracts In Greenville
Elevated
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 42 tracts In Pitt County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Very High
National
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#11,988 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greenville and the region

Centroid at 35.6386, -77.3660 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenville scores 7.2

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
40.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$755 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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.
Greenville risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.2This tracttract 0008005.8Greenvilleparent city5.4Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

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)

  • 1,407Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 19.03%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.0%Peak (2012)
  • 117Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37147000800
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 14 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greenville

59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Pitt County average of 39.3%. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.

SNAP participation runs 42.4% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10. The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.4/10. Against the Pitt County average of 5.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points. At $755 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Greenville commands.

The filing record is not thin: 1,407 evictions over 14 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.6% against 11.3% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2012, when 24.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 19.0% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 86th 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 37147000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37147000800?

Census tract 37147000800 in Greenville scores 7.2/10 (Elevated 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 37147000800?

Median gross rent is $755/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37147000800?

40.9% of residents in tract 37147000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,899.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37147000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 99th, minority 88th, housing 65th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37147000800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,407 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 37147000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.03% of renter households, peaking at 24.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37147000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.0% 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. 24.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37147000800 compare to Greenville overall?

Tract 37147000800 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Greenville at 5.8/10. 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.

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