Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Rocky Mount Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37127010601 · Nash County, NC · pop 2,498 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Rocky Mount
Census tract 37127010601 covers part of Rocky Mount, NC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,498 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,060
Renter share36.9%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$86,532
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rocky Mount and the region
Centroid at 35.9949, -77.8134 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rocky Mount scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rocky Mount
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,137 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rocky Mount
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rocky Mount
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rocky Mount
3.5
How Rocky Mount compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 119Total filings over 2 yrs
- 19.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.2%Peak (2002)
- 50Filings in 2003 (latest validated)
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.
- 14.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.9%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 32.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rocky Mount
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Average gross rent is $1,137, 19% above the Rocky Mount average. Court records carry 119 eviction filings across 2 observed years. It sits 0.7 points below the Nash County average of 3.7.
Filings peaked in 2002 at 22.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 19.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $86,532, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 38% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37127010601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37127010601?
Census tract 37127010601 in Rocky Mount 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 37127010601?
Median gross rent is $1,137/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37127010601?
12.3% of residents in tract 37127010601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,498.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37127010601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 74th, minority 73th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37127010601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 119 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37127010601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.16% of renter households, peaking at 22.2% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37127010601 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.3% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37127010601 compare to Rocky Mount overall?
Tract 37127010601 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Rocky Mount at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rocky Mount eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Rocky Mount
Top eight tracts in Rocky Mount ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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37127010200
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020600
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020400
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37127010700
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37065020300
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37127010505
4
/ 10 · Moderate
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