Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37085071002 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37085071002 · Harnett County, NC · pop 3,902
37085071002 is a census tract in Harnett County, NC. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,902 residents. 49% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,529
Renter share12.0%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$80,806
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harnett County and the region
Centroid at 35.5144, -78.9006 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37085071002 scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,349 rent vs county FMR
7.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 37085071002 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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)
- 172Total filings over 17 yrs
- 5.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.8%Peak (2016)
- 7Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 36% 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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37085071002
Against Harnett County at 37.3%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. The voucher gap is 29.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
The clearest offset is economic stress at 2/10. Running hot, supply constraint reads 7.9/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Against the Harnett County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points.
The filing record is not thin: 172 evictions over 17 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2016, when 12.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37085071002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37085071002?
Census tract 37085071002 in Harnett County 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 37085071002?
Median gross rent is $1,349/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37085071002?
7.9% of residents in tract 37085071002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,902.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37085071002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 62th, minority 29th, housing 15th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37085071002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 172 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 37085071002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.64% of renter households, peaking at 12.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37085071002 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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