Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Dobson Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37171931002 · Surry County, NC · pop 5,134 · 35% of tract blocks fall in Dobson
37171931002 is a census tract in Dobson, NC. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,134 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,706
Renter share27.1%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$65,849
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dobson and the region
Centroid at 36.3902, -80.7393 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dobson scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dobson
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$679 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dobson
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dobson
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dobson
5.4
How Dobson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 316Total filings over 18 yrs
- 3.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2002)
- 19Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 36% over the past 18 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.7%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 14.8%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dobson
Average gross rent is $679, 29% above the Dobson average. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. It sits 0.9 points below the Surry County average of 3.9.
Court records carry 316 eviction filings across 18 observed years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 6.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10. Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $65,849, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
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 37171931002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37171931002?
Census tract 37171931002 in Dobson scores 3/10 (Lower 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 37171931002?
Median gross rent is $679/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37171931002?
7.7% of residents in tract 37171931002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,134.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37171931002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 86th, minority 48th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37171931002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 316 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 37171931002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.16% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37171931002 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37171931002 compare to Dobson overall?
Tract 37171931002 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Dobson at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dobson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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