Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Fountain Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37147001900 · Pitt County, NC · pop 2,528 · 24% of tract blocks fall in Fountain
In Fountain, census tract 37147001900 scores 6.5/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 86th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $888 a month against an average household income of $59,000 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,226
Renter share22.0%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$59,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fountain and the region
Centroid at 35.6609, -77.5814 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fountain scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fountain
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$888 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fountain
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fountain
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fountain
9.7
How Fountain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 1,862Total filings over 14 yrs
- 42.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 71.6%Peak (2018)
- 197Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 265% 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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.2%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fountain
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 9.7/10. 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 Fountain, 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 77th 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.
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 37147001900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37147001900?
Census tract 37147001900 in Fountain scores 4.3/10 (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 37147001900?
Median gross rent is $888/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37147001900?
13.5% of residents in tract 37147001900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,528.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37147001900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 59th, minority 56th, housing 66th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37147001900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,862 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 37147001900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 42.31% of renter households, peaking at 71.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37147001900 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37147001900 compare to Fountain overall?
Tract 37147001900 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Fountain at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fountain; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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