Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Greensboro Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37081010300 · Guilford County, NC · pop 2,753
With a score of 5.3/10, tract 37081010300 in Greensboro, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,753. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units983
Renter share53.7%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$41,943
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greensboro and the region
Centroid at 36.0948, -79.7752 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greensboro scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Greensboro
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$984 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greensboro
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greensboro
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greensboro
3.5
How Greensboro compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 3%Grade B
- 49%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 266Total filings over 5 yrs
- 11.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.1%Peak (2014)
- 50Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 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.
- 22.7%Housing insecurity
- 16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.1%Food insecurity
- 29.9%SNAP enrollment
- 15.9%Transit barriers
- 16.2%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 42.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greensboro
26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 29.9% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Guilford County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. At $984 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Greensboro commands.
Housing insecurity runs 22.7% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 266 filings here across 5 tracked years.
49% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Guilford County average of 44.7%. The worst year on record was 2014, when 13.1% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Greensboro. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 12.0% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37081010300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37081010300?
Census tract 37081010300 in Greensboro scores 5.3/10 (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 37081010300?
Median gross rent is $984/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37081010300?
24.0% of residents in tract 37081010300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,753.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37081010300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 94th, minority 85th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37081010300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 266 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 37081010300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.96% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37081010300 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.7% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37081010300 compare to Greensboro overall?
Tract 37081010300 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Greensboro at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greensboro eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 37081010300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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