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Census Tract · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

Rocky Mount Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37065020600 · Edgecombe County, NC · pop 2,208 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Rocky Mount

How risky is Rocky Mount for landlords? Census tract 37065020600 scores 6.4/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 84% of US census tracts.

About 72% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,075 a month against an average household income of $35,720 a year, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 10% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units970
Renter share36.1%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate47.7%
Median income$35,720

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 17 tracts In Rocky Mount
Very High
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 14 tracts In Edgecombe County
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#148 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Very High
National
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#14,316 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rocky Mount and the region

Centroid at 35.9942, -77.6905 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rocky Mount scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
47.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,075 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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.
Rocky Mount risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 020600Rocky Mount: 3.13.1Rocky Mountparent cityCounty: 5.05.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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)

  • 572Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 31.07%Avg annual filing rate
  • 37.0%Peak (2003)
  • 81Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 370650206002001: 57 filings (15.62/100 renter HHs)2002: 86 filings (23.56/100 renter HHs)2003: 135 filings (36.99/100 renter HHs)2014: 89 filings (30.48/100 renter HHs)2016: 67 filings (36.22/100 renter HHs)2017: 57 filings (30.81/100 renter HHs)2018: 81 filings (43.78/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 42% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rocky Mount

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Rocky Mount eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Edgecombe County average of 6.2 and above 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 29.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 24.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 37065020600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37065020600?

Census tract 37065020600 in Rocky Mount scores 5.8/10 (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 37065020600?

Median gross rent is $1,075/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37065020600?

47.7% of residents in tract 37065020600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,208.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37065020600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 62th, minority 83th, housing 83th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37065020600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 572 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 37065020600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 31.07% of renter households, peaking at 37.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37065020600 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.9% 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. 24.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37065020600 compare to Rocky Mount overall?

Tract 37065020600 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Rocky Mount at 3.1/10. 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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