Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Rockwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Graham
Tract 37001020902 ·
Alamance County, NC · pop 4,528 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 37001020902 runs through Rockwood in Graham. With 4,528 residents, it scores 5.4/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #39,887 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
30% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,074 monthly, set against $84,490 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%Stable renters 11%Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,742
Renter share15.0%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$84,490
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Rockwood
Moderate
Within parent city
50th percentile
#3 of 5 tracts In Graham
Moderate
Within county
53th percentile
#18 of 37 tracts In Alamance County
Moderate
Within state
52th percentile
#1,266 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Graham and the region
Centroid at 36.0293, -79.4128 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rockwood scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Graham
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,074 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Graham
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Graham
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Graham
6.0
How Rockwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
35%Socioeconomic
31%Household composition
41%Racial/ethnic minority
22%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)
151Total filings over 17 yrs
4.47%Avg annual filing rate
6.0%Peak (2003)
7Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year2002 to 2018
Filings dropped 42% 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.
10.3%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
12.6%Food insecurity
9.6%SNAP enrollment
7.0%Transit barriers
10.2%No health insurance
15.6%Frequent mental distress
31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rockwood
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Graham eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Alamance County average of 5.2 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37001020902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37001020902?
Census tract 37001020902 in the Rockwood neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 37001020902?
Median gross rent is $1,074/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37001020902?
15.0% of residents in tract 37001020902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,528.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37001020902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 31th, minority 41th, housing 22th.
Q5
Is tract 37001020902 considered part of Rockwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37001020902 fall within Rockwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37001020902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 151 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 37001020902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.47% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37001020902 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37001020902 compare to Graham overall?
Tract 37001020902 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Graham at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Graham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Graham
Top eight tracts in Graham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.