Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Black Mountain Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37021003103 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 2,056 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Black Mountain
Tract 37021003103 sits in Black Mountain, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.2/10. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units814
Renter share27.3%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$79,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Black Mountain and the region
Centroid at 35.5918, -82.3386 · click any tract to drill in
Why Black Mountain scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Black Mountain
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,144 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Black Mountain
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Black Mountain
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Black Mountain
6.6
How Black Mountain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 74Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2007)
- 10Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 13.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Black Mountain
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,144, 31% below the Black Mountain average.
Cost burden runs 56% here against 46.9% across Buncombe County. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Food insecurity runs 8.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Court records carry 74 eviction filings across 11 observed years. It sits 0.9 points below the Buncombe County average of 4.1.
Housing insecurity runs 6.8% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2007, when 4.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021003103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021003103?
Census tract 37021003103 in Black Mountain scores 3.2/10 (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 37021003103?
Median gross rent is $1,144/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021003103?
3.7% of residents in tract 37021003103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,056.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021003103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 36th, minority 4th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37021003103?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 74 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 37021003103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.41% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37021003103 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37021003103 compare to Black Mountain overall?
Tract 37021003103 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Black Mountain at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Black Mountain; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Black Mountain
Top eight tracts in Black Mountain ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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