Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Newton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37035011701 · Catawba County, NC · pop 4,869 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Newton
How risky is Newton in Catawba County for landlords? Census tract 37035011701 scores 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #36,716 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $895 a month against an average household income of $72,004 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,826
Renter share20.8%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$72,004
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newton and the region
Centroid at 35.6699, -81.2658 · click any tract to drill in
Why Newton scores 3.3
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
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$895 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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)
- 564Total filings over 16 yrs
- 9.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.8%Peak (2004)
- 24Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% 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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.5%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.1%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 in line with 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 51st 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 564 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 9.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 19.8% of renter households in 2004.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37035011701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035011701?
Census tract 37035011701 in Newton scores 3.3/10 (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 37035011701?
Median gross rent is $895/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37035011701?
8.1% of residents in tract 37035011701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,869.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37035011701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 45th, minority 53th, housing 81th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035011701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 564 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035011701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.09% of renter households, peaking at 19.8% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37035011701 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37035011701 compare to Newton overall?
Tract 37035011701 scores 3.3/10, 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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