Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Hominy Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wilson
Tract 37195000100 · Wilson County, NC · pop 3,426 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
37195000100 is a census tract in the Hominy Heights area of Wilson, NC. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,426. SNAP participation runs 45.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,335
Renter share77.8%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate31.2%
Median income$29,967
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
81
th percentile
High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilson and the region
Centroid at 35.7306, -77.9149 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hominy Heights scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wilson
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
31.2% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$844 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilson
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilson
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilson
7.3
How Hominy Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 100
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%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)
- 6,201Total filings over 16 yrs
- 40.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 72.6%Peak (2003)
- 250Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 65% over the past 16 months.
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.
- 31.5%Housing insecurity
- 24.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 44.7%Food insecurity
- 45.9%SNAP enrollment
- 22.5%Transit barriers
- 20.6%No health insurance
- 21.8%Frequent mental distress
- 49.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hominy Heights
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.2/10.
This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Cost burden runs 52% here against 40.7% across Wilson County. Set annual rent against average income of $29,967 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Against the Wilson County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 6,201 filings here across 16 tracked years.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37195000100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37195000100?
Census tract 37195000100 in the Hominy Heights neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 37195000100?
Median gross rent is $844/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37195000100?
31.2% of residents in tract 37195000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,426.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37195000100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 87th, minority 86th, housing 100th.
Q5
Is tract 37195000100 considered part of Hominy Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37195000100 fall within Hominy Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37195000100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6,201 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37195000100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 40.81% of renter households, peaking at 72.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37195000100 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.5% 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. 24.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37195000100 compare to Wilson overall?
Tract 37195000100 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Wilson at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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