1 census tracts · pop 3,521 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.1/10
· range 3.1–3.1
Rocky Brook is a one-tract neighborhood of Shelby, NC and houses 3,521 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.1/10, in the Lower tier. Against a Shelby baseline of 31.5%, 46% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.2/10. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.4/10.
The severe-burden share is 12%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The filing record is not thin: 1,300 evictions logged in this tract.
On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.7/10. Filing activity peaked in 2003 at 17.1% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $843, 11% below the Shelby average of $945. Recent filings have not receded much: 19.2% in 2018 against a 17.1% peak. That places it #7 of 7 neighborhoods in Shelby.
For a like-for-like read, Carriage Run and Stonegate score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 15% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.1/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Rocky Brook vs ShelbyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority44%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport73%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Rocky Brook
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,300Total filings (sum)
13.59%Avg annual filing rate
17.1%Peak year (2003)
19.24%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Rocky Brook
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
12.5%Housing insecurity
8.4%Utility shutoff threat
14.9%Food insecurity
12.2%SNAP enrollment
8.9%No health insurance
32.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Rocky Brook
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Rocky Brook?
Rocky Brook scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 Rocky Brook compare to Shelby overall?
Rocky Brook scores 0.9 points lower than Shelby overall (4/10). Renters spend 46% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $843 vs $945.
Q3
What is the average rent in Rocky Brook?
Average gross rent in Rocky Brook is $843/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Rocky Brook residents are renters?
35% of Rocky Brook households are renter-occupied (vs 40% in Shelby). The neighborhood has 3,521 residents.
Q5
Is Rocky Brook a high social-vulnerability area?
Rocky Brook sits in the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Rocky Brook for landlords?
Rocky Brook carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.1/10). 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 lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Rocky Brook?
Rocky Brook has 3,642 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (65.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (22%), Other / Multiracial (12%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
Sibling neighborhoods
Other neighborhoods inside Shelby
Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Rocky Brook.
