Rocky Mount Eviction Risk: Lower

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. 47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Nash County average of 35.3%.

Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.

SNAP participation runs 24.3% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Average gross rent is $1,050, 10% above the Rocky Mount average. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 7.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the Nash County average of 3.7 closely.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $59,694.

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.