Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Kenly Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37195001600 · Wilson County, NC · pop 3,521 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Kenly
37195001600 is a census tract in Kenly, NC. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,310
Renter share29.7%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$65,446
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kenly and the region
Centroid at 35.6448, -78.0987 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kenly scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kenly
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$664 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kenly
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kenly
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kenly
7.5
How Kenly compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 228Total filings over 16 yrs
- 5.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.8%Peak (2005)
- 6Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 16 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 11.1%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kenly
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.
The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against Wilson County at 40.7%, 33% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Wilson County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
Average gross rent is $664, 16% below the Kenly average. The filing record is not thin: 228 evictions over 16 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2005 at 8.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 5.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.2/10. Against average income of $65,446, annual rent is just 12%.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37195001600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37195001600?
Census tract 37195001600 in Kenly scores 3.3/10 (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 37195001600?
Median gross rent is $664/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37195001600?
10.7% of residents in tract 37195001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,521.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37195001600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 78th, minority 40th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37195001600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 228 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37195001600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.45% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37195001600 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37195001600 compare to Kenly overall?
Tract 37195001600 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Kenly at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kenly; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kenly
Top eight tracts in Kenly ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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