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Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally

Hope Valley Eviction Risk: Elevated , Greensboro

Tract 37081012707 · Guilford County, NC · pop 2,647 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Here is how census tract 37081012707, in Hope Valley in Greensboro eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 6.4/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 2,647. On the national scale it ranks #13,127 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 65% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,015 a month while the average household earns $24,239 a year, roughly 50% of income at the averages. About 70% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46% Stable renters 24% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,033
Renter share70.2%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate34.9%
Median income$24,239

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Hope Valley
Moderate
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 82 tracts In Greensboro
Very High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 126 tracts In Guilford County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greensboro and the region

Centroid at 36.0814, -79.7465 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hope Valley scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
34.9% poverty · this tract
8.7
Supply constraint
$1,015 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Hope Valley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hope Valley risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 012707Greensboro: 3.23.2Greensboroparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 1,041Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 34.63%Avg annual filing rate
  • 38.5%Peak (2013)
  • 195Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 370810127072005: 199 filings (35.49/100 renter HHs)2013: 229 filings (38.49/100 renter HHs)2014: 213 filings (35.80/100 renter HHs)2015: 205 filings (34.45/100 renter HHs)2016: 195 filings (28.93/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
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 Hope Valley

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.7/10. 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 Greensboro eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Guilford County average of 5.5 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 31.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,041 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 34.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 38.5% of renter households in 2013.

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 37081012707

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37081012707?

Census tract 37081012707 in the Hope Valley neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 37081012707?

Median gross rent is $1,015/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37081012707?

34.9% of residents in tract 37081012707 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,647.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37081012707?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 90th, minority 94th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 37081012707 considered part of Hope Valley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37081012707 fall within Hope Valley (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37081012707?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,041 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 37081012707 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 34.63% of renter households, peaking at 38.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37081012707 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.2% 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. 22.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37081012707 compare to Greensboro overall?

Tract 37081012707 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Greensboro at 3.2/10. 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.
Q9

Was tract 37081012707 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Greensboro

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

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