Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Grifton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37147001500 · Pitt County, NC · pop 3,287 · 60% of tract blocks fall in Grifton
Grifton is where census tract 37147001500 sits, home to 3,287 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is $1/10. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $708 a month against an average household income of $47,025 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,417
Renter share51.1%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate23.4%
Median income$47,025
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grifton and the region
Centroid at 35.3623, -77.3936 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grifton scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Grifton
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
23.4% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$708 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grifton
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grifton
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grifton
7.1
How Grifton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 333Total filings over 14 yrs
- 5.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2006)
- 33Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 22% 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.
- 17.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.0%Food insecurity
- 21.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 39.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grifton
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Grifton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Pitt County average of 6.2 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 333 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 5.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.7% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 37147001500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37147001500?
Census tract 37147001500 in Grifton scores 5.2/10 (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 37147001500?
Median gross rent is $708/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37147001500?
23.4% of residents in tract 37147001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,287.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37147001500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 84th, minority 68th, housing 89th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37147001500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 333 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 37147001500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.28% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37147001500 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.5% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37147001500 compare to Grifton overall?
Tract 37147001500 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Grifton at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grifton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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