Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Woodfin Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37021001602 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 3,481 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Woodfin
Tract 37021001602 sits in Woodfin, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. It is home to 3,481 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,692
Renter share48.3%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$64,783
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woodfin and the region
Centroid at 35.6595, -82.5631 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodfin scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Woodfin
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,409 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Woodfin
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Woodfin
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Woodfin
7.1
How Woodfin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 2%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodfin
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against Buncombe County at 46.9%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 7.1% against 14.2% nationally.
At $1,409 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Woodfin commands. This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Asheville. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Buncombe County average of 4.1 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021001602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021001602?
Census tract 37021001602 in Woodfin scores 4.2/10 (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 37021001602?
Median gross rent is $1,409/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021001602?
7.9% of residents in tract 37021001602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,481.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021001602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 49th, minority 21th, housing 85th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37021001602 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37021001602 compare to Woodfin overall?
Tract 37021001602 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Woodfin at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woodfin; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 37021001602 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Woodfin
Top eight tracts in Woodfin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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