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Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 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 covers part of Lillington, NC, and scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.

Risk score
3.6
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 parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Lillington
Very Low
Within county
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#17 of 28 tracts In Harnett County
Moderate
Within state
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#1,478 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Moderate
National
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#56,048 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
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 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Lillington risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.6This tracttract 0707004.0Lillingtonparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

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 by year 2001 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37085070700
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lillington

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. 32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Harnett County average of 37.3%.

Court records carry 982 eviction filings across 17 observed years. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Filings peaked in 2010 at 14.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. It tracks the Harnett County average of 4.1 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,014, close to the Lillington average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $64,005.

41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 37085070700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37085070700?

Census tract 37085070700 in Lillington scores 3.6/10 (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 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Lillington at 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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