Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Elkin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37171930902 · Surry County, NC · pop 1,702 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Elkin
Tract 37171930902 sits in Elkin, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. It is home to 1,702 residents. 44% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units730
Renter share27.5%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$60,773
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elkin and the region
Centroid at 36.3015, -80.8228 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elkin scores 3.9
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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$785 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 50Total filings over 14 yrs
- 1.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2018)
- 10Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elkin
Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 33.7% across Surry County. The score leans hardest on housing-court posture at 8.2/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 50 filings here across 14 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2018 at 7.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $60,773, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Surry County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent is $785, close to the Elkin average.
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 37171930902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37171930902?
Census tract 37171930902 in Elkin scores 3.9/10 (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 37171930902?
Median gross rent is $785/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37171930902?
15.6% of residents in tract 37171930902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,702.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37171930902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 80th, minority 23th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37171930902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 50 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 37171930902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.96% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37171930902 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37171930902 compare to Elkin overall?
Tract 37171930902 scores 3.9/10, right in line with 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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