Wilson Eviction Risk: Moderate

Against Wilson County at 40.7%, 25% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10.

The poverty rate is 40%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Disability prevalence runs 51.4% against 31.5% nationally. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.2/10.

75% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 1.3 points above the Wilson County average of 4.3. The filing record is not thin: 6,225 evictions over 16 years of observation. At $833 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Wilson commands.

Filings peaked in 2003 at 103.3% of renter households.

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