Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Newton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37035011200 · Catawba County, NC · pop 5,655 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Newton
Eviction risk in Newton centers on tract 37035011200, which scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,655 residents. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
29% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,045 a month while the average household earns $66,830 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 24% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,243
Renter share23.7%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$66,830
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newton and the region
Centroid at 35.6671, -81.2290 · click any tract to drill in
Why Newton scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Newton
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,045 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newton
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newton
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newton
6.2
How Newton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 936Total filings over 16 yrs
- 6.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.6%Peak (2014)
- 56Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 11.4%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Newton
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.6/10. 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 Newton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Catawba County average of 5.0 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 62nd 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37035011200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035011200?
Census tract 37035011200 in Newton scores 3.2/10 (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 37035011200?
Median gross rent is $1,045/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37035011200?
4.4% of residents in tract 37035011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,655.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37035011200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 56th, minority 44th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035011200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 936 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035011200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.92% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37035011200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37035011200 compare to Newton overall?
Tract 37035011200 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Newton at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Newton
Top eight tracts in Newton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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