Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Mulberry Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37193960402 · Wilkes County, NC · pop 3,132 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Mulberry
Census tract 37193960402 covers part of Mulberry, NC, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,132 residents. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.7/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,387
Renter share22.9%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$51,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mulberry and the region
Centroid at 36.2355, -81.1704 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mulberry scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mulberry
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$623 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mulberry
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mulberry
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mulberry
5.4
How Mulberry compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 11.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 36.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mulberry
Well under the midpoint, regional political climate reads 2.2/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Cost burden runs 41% here against 34.8% across Wilkes County.
It sits 0.7 points below the Wilkes County average of 3.9. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 23% 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. Social vulnerability reads 4.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $51,250, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $623, close to the Mulberry average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37193960402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37193960402?
Census tract 37193960402 in Mulberry scores 3.2/10 (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 37193960402?
Median gross rent is $623/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37193960402?
13.3% of residents in tract 37193960402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,132.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37193960402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 70th, minority 6th, housing 22th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37193960402 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37193960402 compare to Mulberry overall?
Tract 37193960402 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Mulberry at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mulberry; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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