Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Elkin Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37171930901 · Surry County, NC · pop 3,946 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Elkin
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 37171930901 in Elkin, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,946 residents. Against Surry County at 33.7%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,607
Renter share32.8%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate20.6%
Median income$61,758
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elkin and the region
Centroid at 36.2701, -80.8562 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elkin scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elkin
2.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
20.6% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$746 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elkin
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elkin
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elkin
8.2
How Elkin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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)
- 379Total filings over 18 yrs
- 3.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2002)
- 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% 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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 39.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elkin
The dominant input is housing-court posture at 8.2/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 379 filings here across 18 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2002 at 7.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10. Against average income of $61,758, annual rent is just 14%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Surry County average of 3.9 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37171930901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37171930901?
Census tract 37171930901 in Elkin scores 4.4/10 (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 37171930901?
Median gross rent is $746/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37171930901?
20.6% of residents in tract 37171930901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,946.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37171930901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 80th, minority 45th, housing 96th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37171930901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 379 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 37171930901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.64% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37171930901 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37171930901 compare to Elkin overall?
Tract 37171930901 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Elkin at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elkin; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Elkin
Top eight tracts in Elkin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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