Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Benson Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37101041402 · Johnston County, NC · pop 5,038 · 70% of tract blocks fall in Benson
How risky is Benson for landlords? Census tract 37101041402 scores 6.3/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 63% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $971 monthly, set against $70,237 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,913
Renter share30.3%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate27.7%
Median income$70,237
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Benson and the region
Centroid at 35.3763, -78.5476 · click any tract to drill in
Why Benson scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Benson
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
27.7% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$971 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Benson
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Benson
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Benson
8.0
How Benson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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.
- 15.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.4%Food insecurity
- 18.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 39.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Benson
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Benson, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Johnston County average of 5.0 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 69th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 37101041402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37101041402?
Census tract 37101041402 in Benson scores 5.2/10 (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 37101041402?
Median gross rent is $971/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37101041402?
27.7% of residents in tract 37101041402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,038.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37101041402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 71th, minority 62th, housing 48th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37101041402 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.0% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37101041402 compare to Benson overall?
Tract 37101041402 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Benson at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Benson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Benson
Top eight tracts in Benson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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