Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,305 a month while the average household earns $102,949 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%Stable renters 31%Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,048
Renter share45.2%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$102,949
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Rolling Green
Moderate
Within parent city
3th percentile
#30 of 31 tracts In Asheville
Very Low
Within county
30th percentile
#46 of 65 tracts In Buncombe County
Low
Within state
31th percentile
#1,837 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Asheville and the region
Centroid at 35.6090, -82.5004 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rolling Green scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Asheville
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,305 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Asheville
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Asheville
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Asheville
4.0
How Rolling Green compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
29%Socioeconomic
47%Household composition
20%Racial/ethnic minority
90%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)
407Total filings over 11 yrs
4.23%Avg annual filing rate
8.0%Peak (2003)
25Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year2002 to 2013
Filings dropped 60% over the past 11 months.
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.
5.8%Housing insecurity
3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
6.3%Food insecurity
4.3%SNAP enrollment
4.3%Transit barriers
5.8%No health insurance
12.9%Frequent mental distress
24.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rolling Green
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. 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 Asheville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Buncombe County average of 5.4 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021001802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021001802?
Census tract 37021001802 in the Rolling Green neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 37021001802?
Median gross rent is $1,305/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021001802?
4.7% of residents in tract 37021001802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,295.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021001802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 47th, minority 20th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 37021001802 considered part of Rolling Green?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37021001802 fall within Rolling Green (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37021001802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 407 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 37021001802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.23% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37021001802 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.8% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37021001802 compare to Asheville overall?
Tract 37021001802 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Asheville at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Asheville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Asheville
Top eight tracts in Asheville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.