Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Rocky Mount Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37127010603 · Nash County, NC · pop 2,577 · 84% of tract blocks fall in Rocky Mount

37127010603 is a census tract in Rocky Mount, NC. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Against Nash County at 35.3%, 18% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 12% Owners 85%

Tract context

Occupied units824

Renter share14.1%

SVI overall0.62

Poverty rate3.0%

Median income$56,847

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rocky Mount and the region

Centroid at 36.0100, -77.7905 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rocky Mount scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

3.0% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$933 rent vs county FMR

3.7

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: 62

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

72%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
62%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.

32.5%Housing insecurity
23.0%Utility-shutoff threat
44.7%Food insecurity
42.6%SNAP enrollment
23.2%Transit barriers
22.9%No health insurance
24.5%Frequent mental distress
46.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rocky Mount

SNAP participation runs 42.6% against 15.2% nationally. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Housing insecurity runs 32.5% against 14.2% nationally. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. It sits 0.7 points below the Nash County average of 3.7.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 37127010603

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37127010603?

Census tract 37127010603 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.

What is the average rent in tract 37127010603?

Median gross rent is $933/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37127010603?

3.0% of residents in tract 37127010603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,577.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37127010603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 17th, minority 74th, housing 62th.

What share of households in tract 37127010603 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.5% 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. 23.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37127010603 compare to Rocky Mount overall?

Tract 37127010603 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.