Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Black Mountain Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37021003107 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 4,047 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Black Mountain
Tract 37021003107 sits in Black Mountain, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. Population here is 4,047. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,764
Renter share24.0%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$76,310
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Black Mountain and the region
Centroid at 35.6265, -82.3456 · click any tract to drill in
Why Black Mountain scores 3.7
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
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,160 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 5.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Black Mountain
Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $1,160 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Black Mountain commands. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Food insecurity runs 7.2% against 17.8% nationally.
Against Buncombe County at 46.9%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened. Housing insecurity runs 6.1% against 14.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021003107
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021003107?
Census tract 37021003107 in Black Mountain scores 3.7/10 (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 37021003107?
Median gross rent is $1,160/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021003107?
9.1% of residents in tract 37021003107 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,047.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021003107?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 10th, minority 11th, housing 35th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37021003107 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37021003107 compare to Black Mountain overall?
Tract 37021003107 scores 3.7/10, 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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