Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Hickory Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37035011101 · Catawba County, NC · pop 3,290 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Hickory
Tract 37035011101 sits in Hickory eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. Population here is 3,290. At $643 a month, rents run 40% under what the rest of Hickory commands.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,253
Renter share35.9%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate15.1%
Median income$55,560
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hickory and the region
Centroid at 35.6966, -81.3846 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hickory scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hickory
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
15.1% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$643 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hickory
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hickory
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hickory
5.9
How Hickory compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 406Total filings over 16 yrs
- 7.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.7%Peak (2002)
- 23Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% 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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 11.0%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hickory
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.1/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. Against Catawba County at 31.4%, roughly one in four of renters here are cost-burdened. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 406 filings here across 16 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 13.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.3% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $55,560, annual rent is just 14%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37035011101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035011101?
Census tract 37035011101 in Hickory scores 4.5/10 (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 37035011101?
Median gross rent is $643/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37035011101?
15.1% of residents in tract 37035011101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,290.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37035011101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 26th, minority 40th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035011101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 406 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035011101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.29% of renter households, peaking at 13.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37035011101 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37035011101 compare to Hickory overall?
Tract 37035011101 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Hickory at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hickory eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hickory
Top eight tracts in Hickory ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Sweetwater
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Claremont
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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North Hickory
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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Forest Hills
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
Green Park
5
/ 10 · Moderate
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Sweetwater
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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The Cedars
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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