Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Taylorsville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37003040400 · Alexander County, NC · pop 6,422 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Taylorsville
Tract 37003040400, home to 6,422 residents in Taylorsville, scores 4.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 25th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $657 a month while the average household earns $59,710 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,622
Renter share25.8%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate16.6%
Median income$59,710
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Taylorsville and the region
Centroid at 35.9191, -81.1749 · click any tract to drill in
Why Taylorsville scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Taylorsville
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
16.6% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$657 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Taylorsville
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Taylorsville
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Taylorsville
6.8
How Taylorsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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)
- 865Total filings over 16 yrs
- 6.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2006)
- 53Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 15% 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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.9%Food insecurity
- 15.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 39.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Taylorsville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Taylorsville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Alexander County average of 4.2 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 865 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 6.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.0% of renter households in 2006.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37003040400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37003040400?
Census tract 37003040400 in Taylorsville 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 37003040400?
Median gross rent is $657/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37003040400?
16.6% of residents in tract 37003040400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,422.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37003040400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 79th, minority 39th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37003040400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 865 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37003040400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.58% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37003040400 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37003040400 compare to Taylorsville overall?
Tract 37003040400 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Taylorsville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Taylorsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Taylorsville
Top eight tracts in Taylorsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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