Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Jethro Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Elizabeth City
Tract 37139960400 · Pasquotank County, NC · pop 3,830 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 4.9/10, tract 37139960400 in the Jethro Park area of Elizabeth City, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.9/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,743
Renter share49.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$50,665
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elizabeth City and the region
Centroid at 36.3059, -76.2369 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jethro Park scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elizabeth City
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$893 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elizabeth City
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elizabeth City
2.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elizabeth City
2.6
How Jethro Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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)
- 1,040Total filings over 9 yrs
- 12.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 27.6%Peak (2002)
- 96Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 19% over the past 9 months.
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.
- 17.2%Housing insecurity
- 11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.7%Food insecurity
- 19.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.4%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jethro Park
25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. At $893 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Elizabeth City commands.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 0.9 points above the Pasquotank County average of 4.0.
Court records carry 1,040 eviction filings across 9 observed years. 45% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Pasquotank County average of 49.2%.
The worst year on record was 2002, when 27.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 12.2% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37139960400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37139960400?
Census tract 37139960400 in the Jethro Park neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 37139960400?
Median gross rent is $893/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37139960400?
18.3% of residents in tract 37139960400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,830.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37139960400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 65th, minority 71th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 37139960400 considered part of Jethro Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37139960400 fall within Jethro Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37139960400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,040 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 37139960400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.18% of renter households, peaking at 27.6% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37139960400 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.2% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37139960400 compare to Elizabeth City overall?
Tract 37139960400 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Elizabeth City at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elizabeth City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Elizabeth City
Top eight tracts in Elizabeth City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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