Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Woodfin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37021002607 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 4,227 · 41% of tract blocks fall in Woodfin
The Elevated-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 37021002607 reflects conditions in Woodfin, North Carolina. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,301 a month against an average household income of $77,348 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
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
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
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 3.5
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
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Woodfin, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Buncombe County average of 5.4 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021002607
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021002607?
Census tract 37021002607 in Woodfin scores 3.5/10 (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 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 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Woodfin at 2.5/10. 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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