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North Lake Eviction Risk: Lower , Kernersville

Tract 37067003108 · Forsyth County, NC · pop 3,650 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

How risky is the North Lake neighborhood of Kernersville for landlords? Census tract 37067003108 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 49% of US census tracts.

About 18% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,311 a month while the average household earns $53,953 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 30% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,480
Renter share36.4%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$53,953

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In North Lake
Very High
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 9 tracts In Kernersville
High
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#52 of 95 tracts In Forsyth County
Moderate
Within state
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1,333 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kernersville and the region

Centroid at 36.1504, -80.0524 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Lake scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kernersville
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,311 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kernersville
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kernersville
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kernersville
5.2

How North Lake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North Lake risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.73.7This tracttract 003108Kernersville: 2.62.6Kernersvilleparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg 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)

  • 81Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 6.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.9%Peak (2006)
  • 14Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 370670031082005: 19 filings (7.00/100 renter HHs)2006: 24 filings (8.85/100 renter HHs)2010: 24 filings (6.32/100 renter HHs)2012: 14 filings (2.86/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 26% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within North Lake. 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 North Lake

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Kernersville 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 Forsyth County average of 5.5 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 94th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 37067003108

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37067003108?

Census tract 37067003108 in the North Lake neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 37067003108?

Median gross rent is $1,311/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37067003108?

11.9% of residents in tract 37067003108 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,650.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37067003108?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 98th, minority 52th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 37067003108 considered part of North Lake?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37067003108 fall within North Lake (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37067003108?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 81 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37067003108 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.26% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37067003108 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.8% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37067003108 compare to Kernersville overall?

Tract 37067003108 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Kernersville at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kernersville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kernersville

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

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