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Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Scotland Neck Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37083931101 · Halifax County, NC · pop 1,182 · 58% of tract blocks fall in Scotland Neck

Census tract 37083931101 covers part of Scotland Neck, NC, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 49%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 5% Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units653
Renter share11.8%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$50,377

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Scotland Neck
Very Low
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 16 tracts In Halifax County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#538 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
High
National
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#32,842 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Scotland Neck and the region

Centroid at 36.1532, -77.4459 · click any tract to drill in

Why Scotland Neck scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Scotland Neck
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$794 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Scotland Neck
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Scotland Neck
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Scotland Neck
9.7

How Scotland Neck compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Scotland Neck risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 9311015.9Scotland Neckparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Scotland Neck

Cost burden runs 61% here against 44.1% across Halifax County. The dominant input is housing-court posture at 9.7/10. At $794 a month, rents run 42% over what the rest of Scotland Neck commands.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10.

That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Halifax County average of 4.5 closely.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $50,377.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 37083931101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37083931101?

Census tract 37083931101 in Scotland Neck scores 5/10 (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 37083931101?

Median gross rent is $794/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37083931101?

13.7% of residents in tract 37083931101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,182.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37083931101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 32th, minority 62th, housing 57th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 37083931101 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.4% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 37083931101 compare to Scotland Neck overall?

Tract 37083931101 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of Scotland Neck at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Scotland Neck; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Scotland Neck

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

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