Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Princeton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37101040501 · Johnston County, NC · pop 5,085 · 46% of tract blocks fall in Princeton
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 37101040501 in Princeton, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,953
Renter share33.7%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$52,792
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Princeton and the region
Centroid at 35.4268, -78.1990 · click any tract to drill in
Why Princeton scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Princeton
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$916 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Princeton
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Princeton
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Princeton
4.8
How Princeton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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.
- 15.9%Housing insecurity
- 11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.3%Food insecurity
- 20.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.6%Transit barriers
- 14.4%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 40.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Princeton
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $916, 33% above the Princeton average. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. Cost burden runs 43% here against 35.7% across Johnston County.
It sits 1.3 points above the Johnston County average of 4.1. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $52,792. 34% 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 37101040501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37101040501?
Census tract 37101040501 in Princeton scores 5.4/10 (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 37101040501?
Median gross rent is $916/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37101040501?
17.0% of residents in tract 37101040501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,085.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37101040501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 99th, minority 49th, housing 82th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37101040501 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.9% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37101040501 compare to Princeton overall?
Tract 37101040501 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Princeton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Princeton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Princeton
Top eight tracts in Princeton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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