Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Elkin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37193960101 · Wilkes County, NC · pop 2,875 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Elkin
Tract 37193960101 sits in Elkin, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. Population here is 2,875. What pushes it up most is housing-court posture at 8.2/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,385
Renter share15.5%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$54,761
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elkin and the region
Centroid at 36.2922, -80.9003 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elkin scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elkin
2.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$662 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.5%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 35.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elkin
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10. 29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Wilkes County average of 34.8%.
At $662 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Elkin commands. Against the Wilkes County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 4.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $54,761, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37193960101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37193960101?
Census tract 37193960101 in Elkin scores 3.1/10 (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 37193960101?
Median gross rent is $662/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37193960101?
8.3% of residents in tract 37193960101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,875.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37193960101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 19th, minority 9th, housing 34th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37193960101 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37193960101 compare to Elkin overall?
Tract 37193960101 scores 3.1/10, lower 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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