Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Airy Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37171930202 · Surry County, NC · pop 3,750 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Mount Airy
Tract 37171930202 sits in Mount Airy, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. It is home to 3,750 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,487
Renter share30.9%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate21.9%
Median income$53,802
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Airy and the region
Centroid at 36.4692, -80.5707 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Airy scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mount Airy
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
21.9% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$780 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mount Airy
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mount Airy
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mount Airy
7.3
How Mount Airy compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 280Total filings over 18 yrs
- 5.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.9%Peak (2003)
- 13Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 28% 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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.8%Food insecurity
- 17.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 41.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Airy
Cost burden runs 44% here against 33.7% across Surry County. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10.
The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Court records carry 280 eviction filings across 18 observed years. It sits 0.8 points above the Surry County average of 3.9.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 8.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $53,802, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
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 37171930202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37171930202?
Census tract 37171930202 in Mount Airy scores 4.7/10 (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 37171930202?
Median gross rent is $780/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37171930202?
21.9% of residents in tract 37171930202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,750.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37171930202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 73th, minority 39th, housing 36th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37171930202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 280 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 37171930202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.03% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37171930202 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37171930202 compare to Mount Airy overall?
Tract 37171930202 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Mount Airy at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Airy; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mount Airy
Top eight tracts in Mount Airy ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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