Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Conover Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37035010102 · Catawba County, NC · pop 4,338 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Conover
Tract 37035010102 sits in Conover, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. It is home to 4,338 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.5/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,959
Renter share26.4%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$68,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Conover and the region
Centroid at 35.7173, -81.1720 · click any tract to drill in
Why Conover scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Conover
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$818 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Conover
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Conover
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Conover
5.9
How Conover 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.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 253Total filings over 16 yrs
- 4.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2008)
- 6Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 60% over the past 16 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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Conover
Against Catawba County at 31.4%, 23% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10.
Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Catawba County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. The filing record is not thin: 253 evictions over 16 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2008, when 9.3% of renter households were served.
Average gross rent is $818, 9% below the Conover average. In a typical year about 4.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 22nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37035010102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035010102?
Census tract 37035010102 in Conover scores 3.1/10 (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 37035010102?
Median gross rent is $818/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37035010102?
8.4% of residents in tract 37035010102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,338.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37035010102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 86th, minority 36th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035010102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 253 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035010102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.40% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37035010102 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37035010102 compare to Conover overall?
Tract 37035010102 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Conover at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Conover; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Conover
Top eight tracts in Conover ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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