Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37149920202 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37149920202 · Polk County, NC · pop 1,737
For landlords sizing up Polk, census tract 37149920202 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. That is riskier than about 23% of US census tracts.
About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $639 a month while the average household earns $40,192 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units860
Renter share32.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate25.2%
Median income$40,192
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Polk County and the region
Centroid at 35.3406, -82.1430 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37149920202 scores 5.5
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
25.2% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$639 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 37149920202 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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.
- 17.9%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.4%Food insecurity
- 29.8%SNAP enrollment
- 14.2%Transit barriers
- 16.2%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 48.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37149920202
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 6.3/10. 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 about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 69th 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 17.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37149920202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37149920202?
Census tract 37149920202 in Polk County scores 5.5/10 (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 average rent in tract 37149920202?
Median gross rent is $639/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37149920202?
25.2% of residents in tract 37149920202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,737.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37149920202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 96th, minority 21th, housing 43th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37149920202 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.9% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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