Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Airy Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37171930301 · Surry County, NC · pop 2,009 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Mount Airy
Census tract 37171930301 covers part of Mount Airy, NC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,009. 20% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Surry County average of 33.7%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units832
Renter share6.6%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$62,143
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Airy and the region
Centroid at 36.5399, -80.5962 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Airy scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mount Airy
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$696 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mount Airy
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mount Airy
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mount Airy
7.3
How Mount Airy compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 93Total filings over 18 yrs
- 2.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2003)
- 8Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 167% over the past 18 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.9%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 34.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Airy
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. It sits 0.9 points below the Surry County average of 3.9.
Court records carry 93 eviction filings across 18 observed years. The worst year on record was 2003, when 4.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $62,143, annual rent is just 13%.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37171930301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37171930301?
Census tract 37171930301 in Mount Airy scores 3/10 (Lower 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 37171930301?
Median gross rent is $696/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37171930301?
5.1% of residents in tract 37171930301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,009.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37171930301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 19th, minority 21th, housing 46th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37171930301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 93 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 37171930301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.56% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37171930301 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37171930301 compare to Mount Airy overall?
Tract 37171930301 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Mount Airy at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Airy; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mount Airy
Top eight tracts in Mount Airy ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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