Within county
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37003040100 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37003040100 · Alexander County, NC · pop 3,322
With a score of 4.5/10, tract 37003040100 in Alexander County, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,322. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,290
Renter share12.5%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate19.8%
Median income$51,321
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Alexander County and the region
Centroid at 35.9786, -81.0654 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37003040100 scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
19.8% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$791 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 37003040100 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 131Total filings over 16 yrs
- 3.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2013)
- 8Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 16 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.3%Food insecurity
- 17.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 40.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37003040100
Cost burden runs 52% here against 30.7% across Alexander County. The clearest offset is regional political climate at 2.1/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. On the softer side, local political climate reads 2.3/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Court records carry 131 eviction filings across 16 observed years. It sits 0.8 points above the Alexander County average of 3.7. Filings peaked in 2013 at 6.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent runs $791 a month.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 37003040100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37003040100?
Census tract 37003040100 in Alexander County scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 37003040100?
Median gross rent is $791/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37003040100?
19.8% of residents in tract 37003040100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,322.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37003040100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 45th, minority 14th, housing 82th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37003040100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 131 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37003040100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.59% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37003040100 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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