Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Ayden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37147001402 · Pitt County, NC · pop 2,522 · 54% of tract blocks fall in Ayden
37147001402 is a census tract in Ayden, NC. It scores 5/10 for landlords. Against Pitt County at 39.3%, 65% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,204
Renter share27.5%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate18.7%
Median income$38,571
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ayden and the region
Centroid at 35.4324, -77.3836 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ayden scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ayden
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
18.7% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$875 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ayden
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ayden
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ayden
8.4
How Ayden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 358Total filings over 14 yrs
- 6.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.6%Peak (2011)
- 17Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 14 months.
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.
- 16.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.6%Food insecurity
- 19.0%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 36.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ayden
Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 358 evictions over 14 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $875, 12% above the Ayden average. Filings peaked in 2011 at 12.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 7.5/10 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 hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37147001402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37147001402?
Census tract 37147001402 in Ayden scores 5/10 (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 37147001402?
Median gross rent is $875/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37147001402?
18.7% of residents in tract 37147001402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,522.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37147001402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 88th, minority 56th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37147001402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 358 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 37147001402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.65% of renter households, peaking at 12.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37147001402 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.0% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37147001402 compare to Ayden overall?
Tract 37147001402 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Ayden at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ayden; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ayden
Top eight tracts in Ayden ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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