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Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Fayetteville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37051000500 · Cumberland County, NC · pop 2,246 · 84% of tract blocks fall in Fayetteville

Census tract 37051000500 covers part of Fayetteville, NC, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 21% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units920
Renter share54.0%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate34.7%
Median income$37,955

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 58 tracts In Fayetteville
Very High
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 81 tracts In Cumberland County
High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#538 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
High
National
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#32,842 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fayetteville and the region

Centroid at 35.0252, -78.9012 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fayetteville scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fayetteville
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
34.7% poverty · this tract
8.7
Supply constraint
$849 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fayetteville
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fayetteville
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fayetteville
3.0

How Fayetteville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fayetteville risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 0005003.6Fayettevilleparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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)

  • 1,382Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 17.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.7%Peak (2002)
  • 80Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37051000500
Filings dropped 39% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fayetteville

61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Cumberland County average of 45.9%. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. The poverty rate is 35%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Average gross rent is $849, 32% below the Fayetteville average. Food insecurity runs 33.9% against 17.8% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.7/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Cumberland County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.

Court records carry 1,382 eviction filings across 16 observed years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 24.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 17.3% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 37051000500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37051000500?

Census tract 37051000500 in Fayetteville scores 5/10 (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 37051000500?

Median gross rent is $849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37051000500?

34.7% of residents in tract 37051000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,246.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37051000500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 93th, minority 73th, housing 72th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37051000500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,382 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37051000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.28% of renter households, peaking at 24.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37051000500 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.2% 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. 18.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37051000500 compare to Fayetteville overall?

Tract 37051000500 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Fayetteville at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fayetteville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fayetteville

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

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