Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37149920301 · Polk County, NC · pop 1,007 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Columbus
In Columbus, census tract 37149920301 scores 4.6/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 25th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $897 monthly, set against $50,375 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units510
Renter share27.6%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$50,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 35.2453, -82.2246 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Columbus
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$897 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbus
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbus
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbus
6.0
How Columbus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 129Total filings over 18 yrs
- 5.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.8%Peak (2002)
- 11Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 7.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.1/10. 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 inherited from Columbus, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 66th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37149920301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37149920301?
Census tract 37149920301 in Columbus scores 4.5/10 (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 37149920301?
Median gross rent is $897/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37149920301?
11.3% of residents in tract 37149920301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,007.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37149920301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 58th, minority 16th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37149920301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 129 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 37149920301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.28% of renter households, peaking at 11.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37149920301 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37149920301 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 37149920301 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Columbus at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbus; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Columbus
Top eight tracts in Columbus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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