1 census tracts · pop 2,721 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.4–5.4
Crestmont Heights is a one-tract neighborhood of Shelby, NC and houses 2,721 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.4/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. 49% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Shelby rate of 31.5%.
SNAP participation is 47.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 24.8% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
25% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.2/10. This is a renter market: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint is economic stress at 7.9/10.
Average gross rent is $751, 21% below the Shelby average of $945. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 1,605 evictions logged in this tract.
Filing activity peaked in 2002 at 21.3% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 12.8% in 2018 against a 21.3% peak.
That places it #1 of 7 neighborhoods in Shelby. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
One tract means one number: 5.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Crestmont Heights vs ShelbyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority83%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport63%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Crestmont Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,605Total filings (sum)
14.21%Avg annual filing rate
21.3%Peak year (2002)
12.80%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Crestmont Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
29.6%Housing insecurity
24.8%Utility shutoff threat
43.0%Food insecurity
47.2%SNAP enrollment
16.3%No health insurance
50.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Crestmont Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Crestmont Heights?
Crestmont Heights scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Crestmont Heights compare to Shelby overall?
Crestmont Heights scores 1.4 points higher than Shelby overall (4/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $751 vs $945.
Q3
What is the average rent in Crestmont Heights?
Average gross rent in Crestmont Heights is $751/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Crestmont Heights residents are renters?
67% of Crestmont Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 40% in Shelby). The neighborhood has 2,721 residents.
Q5
Is Crestmont Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Crestmont Heights sits in the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Crestmont Heights for landlords?
Crestmont Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Shelby as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Crestmont Heights?
Crestmont Heights has 2,999 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (61.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (27.4%), Hispanic / Latino (5.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
Sibling neighborhoods
Other neighborhoods inside Shelby
Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Crestmont Heights.
