2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Housing Insecurity

During the past 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay your mortgage or rent?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,893 302 8.1 7.0- 9.3 3,591 91.9 90.7-93.0
-Non-Hispanic Black 740 108 13.9 11.1-17.2 632 86.1 82.8-88.9
GENDER
Male 291 47 15.2 10.7-21.1 244 84.8 78.9-89.3
Female 449 61 12.9 9.6-17.1 388 87.1 82.9-90.4
AGE
18-34 113 22 16.5 10.2-25.6 91 83.5 74.4-89.8
35-44 130 24 14.1 8.7-22.1 106 85.9 77.9-91.3
45-54 133 25 19.6 12.4-29.5 108 80.4 70.5-87.6
55-64 152 26 15.5 10.2-22.8 126 84.5 77.2-89.8
65-74 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 200 41 22.7 16.1-31.0 159 77.3 69.0-83.9
Some Post-H.S. 228 35 11.8 8.0-17.1 193 88.2 82.9-92.0
College Graduate 251 25 8.0 5.1-12.3 226 92.0 87.7-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 102 19 17.0 10.3-26.7 83 83.0 73.3-89.7
$35,000- 49,999 87 15 13.0 7.2-22.3 72 87.0 77.7-92.8
$50,000- 74,999 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 271 56 22.0 16.1-29.3 215 78.0 70.7-83.9
No 465 51 10.1 7.3-13.7 414 89.9 86.3-92.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 110 14 11.8 6.5-20.4 96 88.2 79.6-93.5
Non-Veteran 630 94 14.2 11.1-17.9 536 85.8 82.1-88.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 251 39 16.1 11.3-22.3 212 83.9 77.7-88.7
Regional City or Suburban County 207 30 14.4 9.4-21.3 177 85.6 78.7-90.6
Rural 282 39 10.6 7.2-15.5 243 89.4 84.5-92.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 376 53 13.3 9.8-17.9 323 86.7 82.1-90.2
Unemployed 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 194 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 85 20 18.8 11.3-29.5 65 81.2 70.5-88.7
151% to 200% 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 314 23 7.3 4.6-11.3 291 92.7 88.7-95.4
HOUSING
Own 417 28 6.8 4.4-10.5 389 93.2 89.5-95.6
Rent 272 64 24.4 18.5-31.5 208 75.6 68.5-81.5
Other arrangement 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 288 43 12.4 8.7-17.6 245 87.6 82.4-91.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 249 33 14.3 9.8-20.4 216 85.7 79.6-90.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 203 32 14.7 9.8-21.4 171 85.3 78.6-90.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 117 23 18.3 11.4-28.2 94 81.7 71.8-88.6
2nd Quartile 170 27 15.6 10.3-22.9 143 84.4 77.1-89.7
3rd Quartile 280 30 9.7 6.6-14.0 250 90.3 86.0-93.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 173 28 13.7 8.5-21.3 145 86.3 78.7-91.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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