Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Moravian Falls Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37193961002 · Wilkes County, NC · pop 4,971 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Moravian Falls
Tract 37193961002 sits in Moravian Falls, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 4,971. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.2/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,042
Renter share15.4%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$67,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Moravian Falls and the region
Centroid at 36.0846, -81.1540 · click any tract to drill in
Why Moravian Falls scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Moravian Falls
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$814 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Moravian Falls
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Moravian Falls
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Moravian Falls
6.2
How Moravian Falls compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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)
- 411Total filings over 15 yrs
- 7.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.5%Peak (2011)
- 17Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 41% over the past 15 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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 32.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Moravian Falls
Cost burden runs 45% here against 34.8% across Wilkes County. Well under the midpoint, regional political climate reads 2.2/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.2/10.
Average gross rent is $814, 16% above the Moravian Falls average. Against the Wilkes County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 411 filings here across 15 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 14.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37193961002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37193961002?
Census tract 37193961002 in Moravian Falls 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 37193961002?
Median gross rent is $814/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37193961002?
8.8% of residents in tract 37193961002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,971.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37193961002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 60th, minority 31th, housing 50th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37193961002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 411 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37193961002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.24% of renter households, peaking at 14.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37193961002 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37193961002 compare to Moravian Falls overall?
Tract 37193961002 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Moravian Falls at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Moravian Falls; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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