Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
Weldon Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 37083930100 · Halifax County, NC · pop 3,110 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Weldon
Census tract 37083930100 runs through Weldon. With 3,110 residents, it scores 6.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 90% of US census tracts.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $740 a month while the average household earns $30,785 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,297
Renter share41.1%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate35.0%
Median income$30,785
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Weldon and the region
Centroid at 36.3951, -77.5791 · click any tract to drill in
Why Weldon scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Weldon
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
35.0% poverty · this tract
8.8
Supply constraint
$740 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Weldon
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Weldon
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Weldon
8.7
How Weldon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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)
- 792Total filings over 14 yrs
- 10.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.1%Peak (2004)
- 58Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% over the past 14 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.
- 27.4%Housing insecurity
- 21.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.1%Food insecurity
- 40.9%SNAP enrollment
- 19.2%Transit barriers
- 15.2%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 47.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Weldon
What moves this score most is 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 Weldon, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Halifax County average of 6.3 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 27.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 21.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 98th 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 37083930100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37083930100?
Census tract 37083930100 in Weldon scores 6.3/10 (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 37083930100?
Median gross rent is $740/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37083930100?
35.0% of residents in tract 37083930100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,110.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37083930100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 88th, minority 84th, housing 96th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37083930100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 792 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 37083930100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.47% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37083930100 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.4% 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. 21.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37083930100 compare to Weldon overall?
Tract 37083930100 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Weldon at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Weldon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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