Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Kings Mountain Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37045950400 · Cleveland County, NC · pop 8,016 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Kings Mountain
Tract 37045950400 sits in Kings Mountain, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. It is home to 8,016 residents. 86% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Cleveland County average of 38.8%.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,943
Renter share18.7%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$49,842
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kings Mountain and the region
Centroid at 35.2395, -81.3664 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kings Mountain scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kings Mountain
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$856 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kings Mountain
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kings Mountain
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kings Mountain
8.9
How Kings Mountain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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)
- 1,881Total filings over 16 yrs
- 12.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.8%Peak (2002)
- 124Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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.
- 14.9%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.2%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.5%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 38.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kings Mountain
What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.3/10. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.9/10.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 1,881 evictions over 16 years of observation. It sits 0.8 points above the Cleveland County average of 3.9.
Average gross rent is $856, 11% below the Kings Mountain average. Filings peaked in 2002 at 20.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 12.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 37045950400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37045950400?
Census tract 37045950400 in Kings Mountain scores 4.7/10 (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 37045950400?
Median gross rent is $856/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 86% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37045950400?
20.1% of residents in tract 37045950400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,016.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37045950400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 96th, minority 45th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37045950400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,881 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37045950400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.16% of renter households, peaking at 20.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37045950400 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.9% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37045950400 compare to Kings Mountain overall?
Tract 37045950400 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Kings Mountain at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kings Mountain; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kings Mountain
Top eight tracts in Kings Mountain ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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