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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Tract 37171930700 Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37171930700 · Surry County, NC · pop 4,034

37171930700 is a census tract in Surry County, NC. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,034. Against Surry County at 33.7%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 10% Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,570
Renter share18.7%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$65,938

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 23 tracts In Surry County
Very Low
Within state
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#1,927 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Surry County and the region

Centroid at 36.5138, -80.7125 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tract 37171930700 scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$888 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 37171930700 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tract 37171930700 risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 930700County: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 268Total filings over 18 yrs
  • 5.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.6%Peak (2003)
  • 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 371719307002001: 12 filings (4.29/100 renter HHs)2002: 19 filings (6.79/100 renter HHs)2003: 24 filings (8.57/100 renter HHs)2004: 11 filings (3.93/100 renter HHs)2005: 12 filings (6.00/100 renter HHs)2006: 16 filings (8.00/100 renter HHs)2007: 13 filings (6.50/100 renter HHs)2008: 21 filings (10.50/100 renter HHs)2009: 15 filings (7.50/100 renter HHs)2010: 8 filings (2.48/100 renter HHs)2011: 11 filings (3.85/100 renter HHs)2012: 12 filings (4.20/100 renter HHs)2013: 14 filings (4.90/100 renter HHs)2014: 18 filings (6.29/100 renter HHs)2015: 12 filings (4.20/100 renter HHs)2016: 20 filings (6.73/100 renter HHs)2017: 10 filings (3.37/100 renter HHs)2018: 20 filings (6.73/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 67% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tract 37171930700

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. On the softer side, local political climate reads 2.3/10.

The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 0.9 points below the Surry County average of 3.9.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 268 filings here across 18 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2003, when 8.6% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 37171930700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37171930700?

Census tract 37171930700 in Surry County 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 37171930700?

Median gross rent is $888/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37171930700?

7.0% of residents in tract 37171930700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,034.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37171930700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 34th, minority 22th, housing 47th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37171930700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 268 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 37171930700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.82% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37171930700 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.6% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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