The Cedars Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hickory

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Against the Catawba County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 32% of renters.

Average gross rent is $1,130, close to the Hickory average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $58,333.

59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.