Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Zebulon Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37101040204 · Johnston County, NC · pop 5,595 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Zebulon
Tract 37101040204 sits in Zebulon, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. Population here is 5,595. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,737
Renter share14.4%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$92,765
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Zebulon and the region
Centroid at 35.7486, -78.2702 · click any tract to drill in
Why Zebulon scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Zebulon
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$908 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Zebulon
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Zebulon
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Zebulon
7.3
How Zebulon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
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
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.7%Food insecurity
- 15.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 15.3%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Zebulon
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs roughly one in four here against 35.7% across Johnston County. At $908 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Zebulon commands.
Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.6/10. Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $92,765, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Johnston County average of 4.1 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37101040204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37101040204?
Census tract 37101040204 in Zebulon scores 4.6/10 (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 37101040204?
Median gross rent is $908/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37101040204?
15.9% of residents in tract 37101040204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,595.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37101040204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 82th, minority 63th, housing 63th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37101040204 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37101040204 compare to Zebulon overall?
Tract 37101040204 scores 4.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Zebulon at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Zebulon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Zebulon
Top eight tracts in Zebulon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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