Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Polkville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37045950102 · Cleveland County, NC · pop 2,357 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Polkville
Census tract 37045950102 belongs to Polkville, North Carolina. It is home to 2,357 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #30,359 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 22% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $542 a month against an average household income of $43,889 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units942
Renter share15.7%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate28.4%
Median income$43,889
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Polkville and the region
Centroid at 35.4192, -81.6513 · click any tract to drill in
Why Polkville scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Polkville
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
28.4% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$542 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Polkville
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Polkville
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Polkville
8.6
How Polkville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 148Total filings over 16 yrs
- 4.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2002)
- 6Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 63% 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
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.4%Food insecurity
- 16.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 39.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Polkville
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Polkville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cleveland County average of 5.7 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 148 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 4.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.8% of renter households in 2002.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.7% 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 37045950102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37045950102?
Census tract 37045950102 in Polkville scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 37045950102?
Median gross rent is $542/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37045950102?
28.4% of residents in tract 37045950102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,357.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37045950102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 48th, minority 16th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37045950102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 148 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37045950102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.86% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37045950102 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37045950102 compare to Polkville overall?
Tract 37045950102 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Polkville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Polkville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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