Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lowgap Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37171930803 · Surry County, NC · pop 2,276 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Lowgap
Tract 37171930803 sits in Lowgap, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units922
Renter share14.1%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$70,714
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lowgap and the region
Centroid at 36.4875, -80.8741 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lowgap scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lowgap
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$684 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lowgap
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lowgap
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lowgap
2.6
How Lowgap compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.2%Food insecurity
- 13.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lowgap
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Against the Surry County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points.
At $684 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Lowgap commands. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $70,714, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37171930803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37171930803?
Census tract 37171930803 in Lowgap 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 37171930803?
Median gross rent is $684/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37171930803?
7.1% of residents in tract 37171930803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,276.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37171930803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 74th, minority 10th, housing 72th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37171930803 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37171930803 compare to Lowgap overall?
Tract 37171930803 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Lowgap at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lowgap; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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