2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 1,895 133 7.7 6.3- 9.4 1,762 92.3 90.6-93.7
GENDER
Male 873 54 6.5 4.7- 8.8 819 93.5 91.2-95.3
Female 1,022 79 8.8 6.7-11.4 943 91.2 88.6-93.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,225 42 4.2 2.8- 6.3 1,183 95.8 93.7-97.2
Non-Hispanic Black 348 54 14.9 11.0-19.8 294 85.1 80.2-89.0
Other 288 34 11.7 7.9-16.9 254 88.3 83.1-92.1
AGE
18-34 372 30 8.9 6.0-13.1 342 91.1 86.9-94.0
35-44 350 31 8.2 5.5-12.0 319 91.8 88.0-94.5
45-54 327 35 11.4 7.8-16.5 292 88.6 83.5-92.2
55-64 313 27 9.3 5.5-15.3 286 90.7 84.7-94.5
65-74 300 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 190 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 153 23 15.5 8.9-25.6 130 84.5 74.4-91.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 369 40 11.7 8.2-16.3 329 88.3 83.7-91.8
Some Post-H.S. 485 35 6.4 4.4- 9.2 450 93.6 90.8-95.6
College Graduate 881 35 3.9 2.7- 5.5 846 96.1 94.5-97.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 497 68 14.1 10.8-18.2 429 85.9 81.8-89.2
No 1,389 63 5.4 3.9- 7.3 1,326 94.6 92.7-96.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 189 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,703 125 8.1 6.5- 9.9 1,578 91.9 90.1-93.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,127 70 6.7 5.1- 8.7 1,057 93.3 91.3-94.9
Unemployed 100 24 19.6 12.6-29.3 76 80.4 70.7-87.4
Retired 442 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 102 19 19.4 11.5-30.9 83 80.6 69.1-88.5
Other not in Labor Force 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 137 28 21.8 14.4-31.6 109 78.2 68.4-85.6
$25,000- 34,999 172 21 11.1 6.9-17.2 151 88.9 82.8-93.1
$35,000- 49,999 198 16 7.5 4.2-13.2 182 92.5 86.8-95.8
$50,000- 74,999 244 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 674 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 375 23 9.3 5.5-15.5 352 90.7 84.5-94.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 134 27 20.5 13.3-30.3 107 79.5 69.7-86.7
101% to 150% 148 26 15.8 10.5-23.2 122 84.2 76.8-89.5
151% to 200% 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,046 28 2.9 1.9- 4.3 1,018 97.1 95.7-98.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 375 23 9.3 5.5-15.5 352 90.7 84.5-94.5
HOUSING
Own 1,275 45 4.6 3.2- 6.6 1,230 95.4 93.4-96.8
Rent 497 80 18.4 14.5-23.2 417 81.6 76.8-85.5
Other arrangement 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,028 72 7.6 5.8- 9.8 956 92.4 90.2-94.2
Regional City or Suburban County 496 33 7.2 4.9-10.5 463 92.8 89.5-95.1
Rural 371 28 8.9 5.1-14.9 343 91.1 85.1-94.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 174 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 743 53 7.7 5.7-10.3 690 92.3 89.7-94.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 978 69 7.5 5.7- 9.7 909 92.5 90.3-94.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 624 42 7.2 5.1-10.0 582 92.8 90.0-94.9
2nd Quartile 704 53 7.7 5.6-10.4 651 92.3 89.6-94.4
3rd Quartile 508 35 9.0 5.7-14.0 473 91.0 86.0-94.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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