Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Whitakers Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37065020700 · Edgecombe County, NC · pop 1,672 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Whitakers
Whitakers anchors census tract 37065020700, which lands at 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 32% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $799 a month while the average household earns $53,214 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units614
Renter share33.7%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$53,214
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitakers and the region
Centroid at 36.0589, -77.6030 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitakers scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Whitakers
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$799 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitakers
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitakers
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitakers
7.6
How Whitakers 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.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 82Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.4%Peak (2018)
- 19Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 171% 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.
- 18.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.0%Food insecurity
- 21.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.9%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 39.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitakers
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength 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 inherited from Whitakers, 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 safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 82 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 6.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.4% of renter households in 2018.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 37065020700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37065020700?
Census tract 37065020700 in Whitakers scores 4.3/10 (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 37065020700?
Median gross rent is $799/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37065020700?
9.3% of residents in tract 37065020700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,672.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37065020700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 46th, minority 84th, housing 44th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37065020700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 82 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 37065020700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.45% of renter households, peaking at 10.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37065020700 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.5% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37065020700 compare to Whitakers overall?
Tract 37065020700 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Whitakers at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitakers; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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