2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 513 37 10.5 6.7-16.1 476 89.5 83.9-93.3
GENDER
Male 239 18 7.0 4.0-12.1 221 93.0 87.9-96.0
Female 274 19 13.5 7.4-23.3 255 86.5 76.7-92.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 420 27 10.1 6.0-16.6 393 89.9 83.4-94.0
Non-Hispanic Black 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 60 *** *** *** 60 100 -
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 150 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 182 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 188 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 322 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 457 36 11.7 7.4-17.8 421 88.3 82.2-92.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 268 20 10.5 6.1-17.4 248 89.5 82.6-93.9
Unemployed 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 151 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 241 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 350 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 133 21 19.3 12.1-29.2 112 80.7 70.8-87.9
Other arrangement 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 364 26 10.2 5.9-17.0 338 89.8 83.0-94.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 256 25 16.9 10.2-26.5 231 83.1 73.5-89.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 252 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 153 12 8.1 4.5-14.2 141 91.9 85.8-95.5

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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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