Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Saxapahaw Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37001021901 · Alamance County, NC · pop 4,930 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Saxapahaw
Census tract 37001021901 sits in Saxapahaw in Alamance County, North Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. On the national scale it ranks #39,890 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
67% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 55% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $881 a month against an average household income of $84,012 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,962
Renter share14.2%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$84,012
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saxapahaw and the region
Centroid at 35.9861, -79.3694 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saxapahaw scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saxapahaw
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$881 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saxapahaw
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saxapahaw
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saxapahaw
3.6
How Saxapahaw compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 276Total filings over 17 yrs
- 6.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.2%Peak (2017)
- 21Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 16% 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.2%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 29.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saxapahaw
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.4/10. 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 Saxapahaw, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 27th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37001021901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37001021901?
Census tract 37001021901 in Saxapahaw scores 2.5/10 (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 37001021901?
Median gross rent is $881/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37001021901?
7.7% of residents in tract 37001021901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,930.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37001021901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 32th, minority 26th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37001021901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 276 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 37001021901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.87% of renter households, peaking at 16.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37001021901 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37001021901 compare to Saxapahaw overall?
Tract 37001021901 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Saxapahaw at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saxapahaw; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Saxapahaw
Top eight tracts in Saxapahaw ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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