Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Lillington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37085070700 · Harnett County, NC · pop 5,518 · 61% of tract blocks fall in Lillington
Census tract 37085070700 runs through Lillington. With 5,518 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #52,044 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,014 monthly, set against $64,005 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,827
Renter share40.7%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$64,005
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lillington and the region
Centroid at 35.3649, -78.7801 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lillington scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lillington
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,014 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lillington
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lillington
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lillington
4.7
How Lillington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 982Total filings over 17 yrs
- 8.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.9%Peak (2010)
- 47Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 17 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.
- 15.7%Housing insecurity
- 10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.5%Food insecurity
- 16.2%SNAP enrollment
- 10.5%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lillington
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Lillington, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harnett County average of 5.2 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 15.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 982 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 8.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.9% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37085070700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37085070700?
Census tract 37085070700 in Lillington scores 3/10 (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 37085070700?
Median gross rent is $1,014/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37085070700?
9.8% of residents in tract 37085070700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,518.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37085070700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 67th, minority 69th, housing 67th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37085070700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 982 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 37085070700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.11% of renter households, peaking at 14.9% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37085070700 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.7% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37085070700 compare to Lillington overall?
Tract 37085070700 scores 3/10, higher than the parent city of Lillington at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lillington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lillington
Top eight tracts in Lillington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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