Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Newton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37035011300 · Catawba County, NC · pop 6,669 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Newton
Census tract 37035011300 sits in Newton in Catawba County, North Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. It lands near the 60th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,033 monthly, set against $49,808 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,816
Renter share26.3%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$49,808
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newton and the region
Centroid at 35.6702, -81.1937 · click any tract to drill in
Why Newton scores 4.5
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
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,033 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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)
- 1,373Total filings over 16 yrs
- 9.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.9%Peak (2008)
- 96Filings 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.
- 15.7%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.3%Food insecurity
- 17.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.8%Transit barriers
- 14.8%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%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 above the Catawba County average of 5.0 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,373 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 9.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.9% of renter households in 2008.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37035011300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035011300?
Census tract 37035011300 in Newton 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 37035011300?
Median gross rent is $1,033/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37035011300?
18.3% of residents in tract 37035011300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,669.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37035011300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 98th, minority 54th, housing 80th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035011300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,373 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035011300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.21% of renter households, peaking at 13.9% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37035011300 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.7% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37035011300 compare to Newton overall?
Tract 37035011300 scores 4.5/10, 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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