Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37149920101 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37149920101 · Polk County, NC · pop 3,113
The Lower-tier score of 3.9/10 for census tract 37149920101 reflects conditions in Polk, North Carolina. That is riskier than about 10% of US census tracts.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $833 a month against an average household income of $54,844 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,296
Renter share18.5%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate18.0%
Median income$54,844
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
78
th percentile
High
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Polk County and the region
Centroid at 35.2534, -82.0364 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37149920101 scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
18.0% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$833 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 37149920101 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 98Total filings over 19 yrs
- 2.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.3%Peak (2015)
- 6Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 500% over the past 19 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.
- 10.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.2%Food insecurity
- 11.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37149920101
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by North Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Polk County average of 4.3 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 98 eviction filings here over 19 tracked years, with about 2.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.3% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 37149920101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37149920101?
Census tract 37149920101 in Polk County scores 4.8/10 (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 37149920101?
Median gross rent is $833/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37149920101?
18.0% of residents in tract 37149920101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,113.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37149920101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 24th, minority 39th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37149920101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 98 eviction filings across 19 validated years in tract 37149920101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.70% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37149920101 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.8% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Related