Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37051003002 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37051003002 · Cumberland County, NC · pop 2,548
How risky is Cumberland for landlords? Census tract 37051003002 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $920 monthly, set against $60,382 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units983
Renter share21.3%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$60,382
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cumberland County and the region
Centroid at 34.9222, -78.8229 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37051003002 scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$920 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 37051003002 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 348Total filings over 16 yrs
- 11.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.4%Peak (2008)
- 10Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 62% 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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.4%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37051003002
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty 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 set by North Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cumberland County average of 5.4 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 348 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 11.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 17.4% of renter households in 2008.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% 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 37051003002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37051003002?
Census tract 37051003002 in Cumberland County scores 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 37051003002?
Median gross rent is $920/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37051003002?
11.9% of residents in tract 37051003002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,548.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37051003002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 71th, minority 51th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37051003002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 348 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37051003002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.28% of renter households, peaking at 17.4% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37051003002 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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