2 census tracts · pop 4,372 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.4–5.5
Murphy Junction takes in 2 census tracts of Asheville, NC and houses 4,372 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 40%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Cost burden runs 60% against 31.7% citywide, putting Murphy Junction 28.7% over its own city. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.7/10. At $1,018 a month, rents sit 27% under what the rest of Asheville commands.
Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
The filing record is not thin: 924 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2008, when filings touched 63.3% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 31.2% in 2013, is well off that peak. That places it #7 of 18 neighborhoods in Asheville. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.1 points apart at the extremes.
With little internal variation, 5.4/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Murphy Junction vs AshevilleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority63%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport57%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Murphy Junction
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
924Total filings (sum)
23.28%Avg annual filing rate
63.3%Peak year (2008)
31.20%Latest filed (2013)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Murphy Junction
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
18.0%Housing insecurity
12.4%Utility shutoff threat
23.6%Food insecurity
21.1%SNAP enrollment
16.2%No health insurance
35.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Murphy Junction
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Murphy Junction?
Murphy Junction scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Murphy Junction compare to Asheville overall?
Murphy Junction scores 1.3 points higher than Asheville overall (4.1/10). Renters spend 60% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,018 vs $1,402.
Q3
What is the average rent in Murphy Junction?
Average gross rent in Murphy Junction is $1,018/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Murphy Junction residents are renters?
48% of Murphy Junction households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Asheville). The neighborhood has 4,372 residents.
Q5
Is Murphy Junction a high social-vulnerability area?
Murphy Junction sits in the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Murphy Junction have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Murphy Junction is census tract 37021000200 (score 5.5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 5.5, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Murphy Junction for landlords?
Murphy Junction carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Asheville as a whole (4.1/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Murphy Junction?
Murphy Junction has 4,987 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52.2%), Hispanic / Latino (28.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (13.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
