Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Woodfin Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37021002607 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 4,227 · 41% of tract blocks fall in Woodfin
With a score of 4/10, tract 37021002607 in Woodfin, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,642
Renter share10.5%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$77,348
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woodfin and the region
Centroid at 35.6343, -82.6148 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodfin scores 4
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
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,301 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 149Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2002)
- 10Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% 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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodfin
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,301, 16% below the Woodfin average.
9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Court records carry 149 eviction filings across 11 observed years.
Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2002, when 8.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 49% of renters.
It tracks the Buncombe County average of 4.1 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $77,348.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021002607
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021002607?
Census tract 37021002607 in Woodfin scores 4/10 (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 37021002607?
Median gross rent is $1,301/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021002607?
8.7% of residents in tract 37021002607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,227.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021002607?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 25th, minority 17th, housing 62th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37021002607?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 149 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 37021002607 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.92% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37021002607 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37021002607 compare to Woodfin overall?
Tract 37021002607 scores 4/10, lower than 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Woodfin
Top eight tracts in Woodfin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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