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%)
TOTAL 3,893 302 8.1 7.0- 9.3 3,591 91.9 90.7-93.0
GENDER
Male 1,753 134 6.9 5.6- 8.5 1,619 93.1 91.5-94.4
Female 2,140 168 9.1 7.4-11.1 1,972 90.9 88.9-92.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,464 109 5.3 4.1- 6.9 2,355 94.7 93.1-95.9
Non-Hispanic Black 740 108 13.9 11.1-17.2 632 86.1 82.8-88.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 124 12 7.1 3.1-15.7 112 92.9 84.3-96.9
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 75 *** *** *** 65 87.0 74.5-93.9
Hispanic 377 50 12.9 9.3-17.6 327 87.1 82.4-90.7
AGE
18-34 686 74 10.7 8.2-13.8 612 89.3 86.2-91.8
35-44 627 65 8.6 6.5-11.4 562 91.4 88.6-93.5
45-54 659 70 10.6 8.0-13.9 589 89.4 86.1-92.0
55-64 704 61 8.5 5.9-12.0 643 91.5 88.0-94.1
65-74 716 22 4.3 1.9- 9.5 694 95.7 90.5-98.1
75+ 415 *** *** *** 410 99.3 97.9-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 357 52 16.5 11.2-23.8 305 83.5 76.2-88.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 871 97 10.9 8.6-13.7 774 89.1 86.3-91.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,050 85 7.1 5.5- 9.1 965 92.9 90.9-94.5
College Graduate 1,598 66 3.6 2.7- 4.8 1,532 96.4 95.2-97.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,207 164 14.0 11.5-17.0 1,043 86.0 83.0-88.5
No 2,663 136 5.5 4.4- 6.9 2,527 94.5 93.1-95.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 477 25 5.0 3.1- 7.8 452 95.0 92.2-96.9
Non-Veteran 3,409 276 8.5 7.2- 9.9 3,133 91.5 90.1-92.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,146 157 7.4 6.1- 8.9 1,989 92.6 91.1-93.9
Unemployed 194 50 21.7 15.8-28.9 144 78.3 71.1-84.2
Retired 1,038 29 3.7 1.9- 7.0 1,009 96.3 93.0-98.1
Unable to Work 275 49 17.4 12.4-23.8 226 82.6 76.2-87.6
Other not in Labor Force 215 16 8.1 3.8-16.7 199 91.9 83.3-96.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 214 50 22.9 16.6-30.7 164 77.1 69.3-83.4
$15,000- 24,999 343 62 17.9 13.2-23.7 281 82.1 76.3-86.8
$25,000- 34,999 402 59 15.3 10.8-21.3 343 84.7 78.7-89.2
$35,000- 49,999 409 37 8.2 5.5-12.0 372 91.8 88.0-94.5
$50,000-74,999 500 22 4.8 2.7- 8.3 478 95.2 91.7-97.3
$75,000-100,000 403 *** *** *** 395 97.8 95.4-98.9
$100,000-150,000 440 *** *** *** 435 98.8 96.7-99.5
$150,000+ 355 *** *** *** 351 98.6 95.9-99.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 827 55 8.6 6.0-12.1 772 91.4 87.9-94.0
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 305 58 18.7 13.7-24.9 247 81.3 75.1-86.3
101% to 150% 344 66 16.1 12.1-21.0 278 83.9 79.0-87.9
151% to 200% 305 40 13.9 8.7-21.5 265 86.1 78.5-91.3
More than 200% 2,010 57 3.0 2.1- 4.1 1,953 97.0 95.9-97.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 827 55 8.6 6.0-12.1 772 91.4 87.9-94.0
HOUSING
Own 2,647 101 4.7 3.5- 6.1 2,546 95.3 93.9-96.5
Rent 992 170 19.0 16.1-22.3 822 81.0 77.7-83.9
Other arrangement 216 29 10.2 6.4-15.9 187 89.8 84.1-93.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,155 79 7.3 5.7- 9.3 1,076 92.7 90.7-94.3
Regional City or Suburban County 1,042 77 8.0 6.2-10.4 965 92.0 89.6-93.8
Rural 1,696 146 8.8 6.8-11.2 1,550 91.2 88.8-93.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,095 106 9.2 6.9-12.2 989 90.8 87.8-93.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,582 115 8.6 6.8-10.8 1,467 91.4 89.2-93.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,216 81 6.8 5.3- 8.7 1,135 93.2 91.3-94.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,165 78 8.0 5.9-10.7 1,087 92.0 89.3-94.1
2nd Quartile 982 74 7.4 5.7- 9.6 908 92.6 90.4-94.3
3rd Quartile 1,144 82 8.4 6.3-11.0 1,062 91.6 89.0-93.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 602 68 9.6 7.0-13.1 534 90.4 86.9-93.0

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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