Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $844 a month against an average household income of $29,967 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. Renters make up 78% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%Stable renters 37%Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,335
Renter share77.8%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate31.2%
Median income$29,967
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Hominy Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
100th percentile
#1 of 17 tracts In Wilson
Very High
Within county
100th percentile
#1 of 25 tracts In Wilson County
Very High
Within state
98th percentile
#56 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilson and the region
Centroid at 35.7306, -77.9149 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hominy Heights scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wilson
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
31.2% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$844 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilson
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilson
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilson
7.3
How Hominy Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 100
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
99%Socioeconomic
87%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
100%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)
6,201Total filings over 16 yrs
40.81%Avg annual filing rate
72.6%Peak (2003)
250Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year2003 to 2018
Filings dropped 65% over the past 16 months.
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.
31.5%Housing insecurity
24.4%Utility-shutoff threat
44.7%Food insecurity
45.9%SNAP enrollment
22.5%Transit barriers
20.6%No health insurance
21.8%Frequent mental distress
49.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hominy Heights
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wilson eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Wilson County average of 6.3 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 31.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 24.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 100th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 37195000100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37195000100?
Census tract 37195000100 in the Hominy Heights neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 37195000100?
Median gross rent is $844/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37195000100?
31.2% of residents in tract 37195000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,426.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37195000100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 87th, minority 86th, housing 100th.
Q5
Is tract 37195000100 considered part of Hominy Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37195000100 fall within Hominy Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37195000100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6,201 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37195000100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 40.81% of renter households, peaking at 72.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37195000100 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.5% 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. 24.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37195000100 compare to Wilson overall?
Tract 37195000100 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Wilson at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wilson
Top eight tracts in Wilson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.