Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37171930802 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37171930802 · Surry County, NC · pop 2,782
Census tract 37171930802 covers part of Surry County, NC, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,782 residents. Cost burden runs 21% here against 33.7% across Surry County.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,135
Renter share25.7%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate24.5%
Median income$43,909
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Surry County and the region
Centroid at 36.3813, -80.8662 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37171930802 scores 5
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
24.5% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$934 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 37171930802 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 16%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)
- 103Total filings over 18 yrs
- 2.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.1%Peak (2002)
- 4Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% 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.
- 12.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 17.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 41.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37171930802
The clearest offset is state political climate at 2.3/10. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, local political climate reads 2.3/10.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.3/10. Against the Surry County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
Court records carry 103 eviction filings across 18 observed years. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The worst year on record was 2002, when 8.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
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 37171930802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37171930802?
Census tract 37171930802 in Surry County scores 5/10 (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 37171930802?
Median gross rent is $934/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37171930802?
24.5% of residents in tract 37171930802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,782.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37171930802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 78th, minority 16th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37171930802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 103 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 37171930802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.72% of renter households, peaking at 8.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37171930802 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.5% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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