Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Clayton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37101040209 · Johnston County, NC · pop 6,641 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Clayton

37101040209 is a census tract in Clayton, NC. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,641 residents. 53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Johnston County average of 35.7%.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 14% Owners 71%

Tract context

Occupied units2,308

Renter share29.1%

SVI overall0.42

Poverty rate17.8%

Median income$81,007

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Clayton and the region

Centroid at 35.7137, -78.3976 · click any tract to drill in

Why Clayton scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Clayton

4.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.8

State political climate

North Carolina legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

17.8% poverty · this tract

4.4

Supply constraint

$879 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Clayton

6.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Clayton

7.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Clayton

5.6

How Clayton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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

22%Socioeconomic
82%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
46%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.

11.2%Housing insecurity
7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
12.3%Food insecurity
9.7%SNAP enrollment
7.5%Transit barriers
8.5%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
28.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Clayton

Average gross rent is $879, 47% below the Clayton average. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.

It sits 0.7 points above the Johnston County average of 4.1. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $81,007, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 37101040209

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37101040209?

Census tract 37101040209 in Clayton scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37101040209?

Median gross rent is $879/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37101040209?

17.8% of residents in tract 37101040209 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,641.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37101040209?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 82th, minority 40th, housing 46th.

What share of households in tract 37101040209 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.2% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37101040209 compare to Clayton overall?

Tract 37101040209 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Clayton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clayton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Clayton

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