Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Newton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37035011402 · Catawba County, NC · pop 4,019 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Newton
Tract 37035011402, home to 4,019 residents in Newton, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $946 monthly, set against $60,625 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,555
Renter share35.4%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate21.6%
Median income$60,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newton and the region
Centroid at 35.6449, -81.1279 · click any tract to drill in
Why Newton scores 4.6
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
21.6% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$946 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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)
- 412Total filings over 16 yrs
- 11.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.1%Peak (2013)
- 23Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 28% 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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.0%Food insecurity
- 13.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 38.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Newton
The heaviest input here is 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 above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 84th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 37035011402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035011402?
Census tract 37035011402 in Newton scores 4.6/10 (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 37035011402?
Median gross rent is $946/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37035011402?
21.6% of residents in tract 37035011402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,019.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37035011402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 93th, minority 20th, housing 97th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035011402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 412 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035011402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.51% of renter households, peaking at 12.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37035011402 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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 37035011402 compare to Newton overall?
Tract 37035011402 scores 4.6/10, 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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