Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Kings Mountain Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37045950603 · Cleveland County, NC · pop 3,125 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Kings Mountain
Tract 37045950603 sits in Kings Mountain, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. It is home to 3,125 residents. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,243
Renter share9.9%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$76,615
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kings Mountain and the region
Centroid at 35.1906, -81.3794 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kings Mountain scores 3.1
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
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$824 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kings Mountain
Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.9/10.
Average gross rent is $824, 14% below the Kings Mountain average. Against the Cleveland County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10.
Against average income of $76,615, annual rent is just 13%. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 38% of renters.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37045950603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37045950603?
Census tract 37045950603 in Kings Mountain scores 3.1/10 (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 37045950603?
Median gross rent is $824/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37045950603?
12.1% of residents in tract 37045950603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,125.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37045950603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 17th, minority 17th, housing 72th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37045950603 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37045950603 compare to Kings Mountain overall?
Tract 37045950603 scores 3.1/10, lower 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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