Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Waterford Eviction Risk: Lower , Wilson
Tract 37195000502 · Wilson County, NC · pop 4,899 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 37195000502 sits in the Waterford area of Wilson eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 4,899. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,994
Renter share20.1%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$83,506
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilson and the region
Centroid at 35.7524, -77.9488 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waterford scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,049 rent vs county FMR
5.4
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 Waterford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%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)
- 4,018Total filings over 16 yrs
- 54.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 93.5%Peak (2007)
- 163Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% 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.
- 10.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waterford
The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.2/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10.
Against the Wilson County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. Court records carry 4,018 eviction filings across 16 observed years. The worst year on record was 2007, when 93.5% of renter households were served.
At $1,049 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Wilson commands. In a typical year about 54.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37195000502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37195000502?
Census tract 37195000502 in the Waterford neighborhood 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 37195000502?
Median gross rent is $1,049/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37195000502?
5.5% of residents in tract 37195000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,899.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37195000502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 34th, minority 57th, housing 4th.
Q5
Is tract 37195000502 considered part of Waterford?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37195000502 fall within Waterford (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37195000502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4,018 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37195000502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 54.49% of renter households, peaking at 93.5% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37195000502 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.8% 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.
Q8
How does tract 37195000502 compare to Wilson overall?
Tract 37195000502 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Wilson at 4.2/10. 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.
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