Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Rocky Mount Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37065020200 · Edgecombe County, NC · pop 5,125 · 83% of tract blocks fall in Rocky Mount
37065020200 is a census tract in Rocky Mount, NC. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,125 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,549
Renter share54.8%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$40,021
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rocky Mount and the region
Centroid at 35.9126, -77.7835 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rocky Mount scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rocky Mount
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$699 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rocky Mount
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rocky Mount
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rocky Mount
3.5
How Rocky Mount compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 6,765Total filings over 7 yrs
- 67.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 113.9%Peak (2002)
- 575Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 62% over the past 7 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.
- 22.4%Housing insecurity
- 15.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.2%Food insecurity
- 27.6%SNAP enrollment
- 14.6%Transit barriers
- 12.9%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 39.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rocky Mount
The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $699, 27% below the Rocky Mount average. SNAP participation runs 27.6% against 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 6,765 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Housing insecurity runs 22.4% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2002, when 113.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 67.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37065020200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37065020200?
Census tract 37065020200 in Rocky Mount scores 3.9/10 (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 37065020200?
Median gross rent is $699/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37065020200?
23.0% of residents in tract 37065020200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,125.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37065020200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 53th, minority 87th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37065020200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6,765 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 37065020200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 67.73% of renter households, peaking at 113.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37065020200 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.4% 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. 15.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37065020200 compare to Rocky Mount overall?
Tract 37065020200 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Rocky Mount at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rocky Mount eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Rocky Mount
Top eight tracts in Rocky Mount ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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37127010301
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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37127010200
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020400
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020600
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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37127010700
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020300
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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4
/ 10 · Moderate
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