Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37171930102 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37171930102 · Surry County, NC · pop 4,605
Census tract 37171930102 covers part of Surry County, NC, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,605. Cost burden runs roughly one in eight here against 33.7% across Surry County.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,794
Renter share19.1%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$68,141
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Surry County and the region
Centroid at 36.4348, -80.5107 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37171930102 scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$782 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 37171930102 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 323Total filings over 18 yrs
- 5.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.1%Peak (2003)
- 22Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 57% 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.
- 11.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 11.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 36.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37171930102
The main counterweight is state political climate at 2.3/10. Well under the midpoint, local political climate reads 2.3/10.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 323 filings here across 18 tracked years. It sits 0.7 points below the Surry County average of 3.9.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 10.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $68,141, annual rent is just 14%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent runs $782 a month.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37171930102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37171930102?
Census tract 37171930102 in Surry County scores 3.2/10 (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 37171930102?
Median gross rent is $782/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37171930102?
12.9% of residents in tract 37171930102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,605.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37171930102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 60th, minority 10th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37171930102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 323 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 37171930102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.24% of renter households, peaking at 10.1% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37171930102 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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