Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Central Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Burlington
Tract 37001020602 · Alamance County, NC · pop 2,664 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
37001020602 is a census tract in the Central Heights area of Burlington, NC. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,664. The severe-burden share is 43%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,243
Renter share26.1%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$61,076
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Burlington and the region
Centroid at 36.0958, -79.4622 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central Heights scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Burlington
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,316 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Burlington
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Burlington
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Burlington
3.0
How Central Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 21%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)
- 227Total filings over 17 yrs
- 5.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.4%Peak (2008)
- 17Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Central Heights
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,316, 25% above the Burlington average. Cost burden runs 49% here against 40.3% across Alamance County.
The filing record is not thin: 227 evictions over 17 years of observation. It sits 0.7 points below the Alamance County average of 3.7. The worst year on record was 2008, when 10.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.8/10. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37001020602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37001020602?
Census tract 37001020602 in the Central Heights neighborhood scores 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 37001020602?
Median gross rent is $1,316/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37001020602?
4.8% of residents in tract 37001020602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,664.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37001020602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 48th, minority 21th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 37001020602 considered part of Central Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37001020602 fall within Central Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37001020602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 227 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 37001020602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.03% of renter households, peaking at 10.4% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37001020602 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37001020602 compare to Burlington overall?
Tract 37001020602 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Burlington at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Burlington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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