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Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally

Tract 37171931102 Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37171931102 · Surry County, NC · pop 3,958

Census tract 37171931102 covers part of Surry County, NC, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,958 residents. The clearest offset is state political climate at 2.3/10.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 11% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,583
Renter share18.3%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$62,356

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#14 of 23 tracts In Surry County
Moderate
Within state
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#1,634 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
National
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#59,654 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Surry County and the region

Centroid at 36.3108, -80.6144 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tract 37171931102 scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$746 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 37171931102 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tract 37171931102 risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.43.4This tracttract 931102County: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 99Total filings over 18 yrs
  • 1.99%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.6%Peak (2018)
  • 12Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 371719311022001: 2 filings (0.83/100 renter HHs)2002: 8 filings (3.31/100 renter HHs)2003: 4 filings (1.65/100 renter HHs)2004: 1 filings (0.41/100 renter HHs)2005: 6 filings (1.83/100 renter HHs)2006: 4 filings (1.22/100 renter HHs)2007: 5 filings (1.52/100 renter HHs)2008: 7 filings (2.13/100 renter HHs)2009: 3 filings (0.91/100 renter HHs)2010: 8 filings (3.00/100 renter HHs)2011: 5 filings (1.82/100 renter HHs)2012: 5 filings (1.82/100 renter HHs)2013: 5 filings (1.82/100 renter HHs)2014: 5 filings (1.82/100 renter HHs)2015: 3 filings (1.09/100 renter HHs)2016: 9 filings (3.42/100 renter HHs)2017: 7 filings (2.66/100 renter HHs)2018: 12 filings (4.56/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 500% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tract 37171931102

42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Surry County average of 33.7%. On the softer side, local political climate reads 2.3/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.3/10.

The filing record is not thin: 99 evictions over 18 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2018 at 4.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $62,356, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Surry County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent runs $746 a month.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 37171931102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37171931102?

Census tract 37171931102 in Surry County scores 3.4/10 (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 37171931102?

Median gross rent is $746/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37171931102?

13.0% of residents in tract 37171931102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,958.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37171931102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 80th, minority 26th, housing 29th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37171931102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 99 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 37171931102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.99% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37171931102 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.2% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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