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Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally

Burlington Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37001021400 · Alamance County, NC · pop 2,399 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Burlington

Census tract 37001021400 covers part of Burlington, NC, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,399. 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
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 11% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,070
Renter share20.4%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate17.8%
Median income$95,611

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 16 tracts In Burlington
Low
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 37 tracts In Alamance County
Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#1,842 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
National
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#65,414 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Burlington and the region

Centroid at 36.2001, -79.4060 · click any tract to drill in

Why Burlington scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
17.8% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,006 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Burlington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Burlington risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.1This tracttract 0214003.4Burlingtonparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 173Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 4.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.2%Peak (2018)
  • 17Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37001021400
Filings climbed 42% over the past 17 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Burlington

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Against Alamance County at 40.3%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened. Court records carry 173 eviction filings across 17 observed years.

Against the Alamance County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points. The worst year on record was 2018, when 6.2% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $95,611, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 37001021400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37001021400?

Census tract 37001021400 in Burlington scores 3.1/10 (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 37001021400?

Median gross rent is $1,006/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37001021400?

17.8% of residents in tract 37001021400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,399.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37001021400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 89th, minority 46th, housing 63th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37001021400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 173 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 37001021400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.56% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37001021400 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.6% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37001021400 compare to Burlington overall?

Tract 37001021400 scores 3.1/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Burlington

Top eight tracts in Burlington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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