Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37149920103 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37149920103 · Polk County, NC · pop 2,987
Eviction risk in Polk centers on tract 37149920103, which scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier) and is home to 2,987 residents. That is riskier than roughly 10% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,283 a month while the average household earns $66,176 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 18% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,216
Renter share17.5%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$66,176
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Polk County and the region
Centroid at 35.2281, -82.1166 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37149920103 scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,283 rent vs county FMR
7.3
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 37149920103 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 102Total filings over 19 yrs
- 2.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2012)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 400% over the past 19 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37149920103
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 7.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by North Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Polk County average of 4.3 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 102 eviction filings here over 19 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.1% of renter households in 2012.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 37149920103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37149920103?
Census tract 37149920103 in Polk County scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 37149920103?
Median gross rent is $1,283/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37149920103?
13.1% of residents in tract 37149920103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,987.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37149920103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 62th, minority 11th, housing 31th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37149920103?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 102 eviction filings across 19 validated years in tract 37149920103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.49% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37149920103 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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