Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Airy Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37171930502 · Surry County, NC · pop 2,861 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Mount Airy
Tract 37171930502 sits in Mount Airy, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.3/10. Population here is 2,861. Against Surry County at 33.7%, 50% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,292
Renter share35.3%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$36,466
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Airy and the region
Centroid at 36.5061, -80.6364 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Airy scores 4.3
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
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$691 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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)
- 443Total filings over 18 yrs
- 6.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2002)
- 26Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% 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.
- 15.3%Housing insecurity
- 11.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.7%Food insecurity
- 23.4%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 14.6%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 48.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Airy
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 48.1% against 31.5% nationally.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10.
11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 443 filings here across 18 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 23.4% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2002, when 10.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9/10. Of its three components the household composition 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 37171930502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37171930502?
Census tract 37171930502 in Mount Airy scores 4.3/10 (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 37171930502?
Median gross rent is $691/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37171930502?
13.7% of residents in tract 37171930502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,861.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37171930502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 93th, minority 40th, housing 81th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37171930502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 443 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 37171930502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.60% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37171930502 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.3% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37171930502 compare to Mount Airy overall?
Tract 37171930502 scores 4.3/10, 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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