1 census tracts · pop 3,928 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10
· range 4–4
Ashley Park is a one-tract neighborhood of Bessemer City, NC and houses 3,928 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. about half of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Bessemer City rate of 33.0%.
29% 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. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1/10.
Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.9/10.
At $873 a month, rents sit 17% under what the rest of Bessemer City commands. The filing record is not thin: 873 evictions logged in this tract. SNAP participation is 25.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2006, when filings touched 24.5% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 25.9% of adults, 8.1 points above the national rate.
The most recent observed rate, 7.0% in 2017, is well off that peak. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $43,910. 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4/10 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
4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Ashley Park vs Bessemer CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority36%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport61%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Ashley Park
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
873Total filings (sum)
13.49%Avg annual filing rate
24.5%Peak year (2006)
7.03%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Ashley Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
18.2%Housing insecurity
13.0%Utility shutoff threat
25.9%Food insecurity
25.0%SNAP enrollment
15.0%No health insurance
41.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Ashley Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Ashley Park?
Ashley Park scores 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 Ashley Park compare to Bessemer City overall?
Ashley Park scores 0.7 points higher than Bessemer City overall (3.3/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $873 vs $1,053.
Q3
What is the average rent in Ashley Park?
Average gross rent in Ashley Park is $873/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Ashley Park residents are renters?
51% of Ashley Park households are renter-occupied (vs 34% in Bessemer City). The neighborhood has 3,928 residents.
Q5
Is Ashley Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Ashley Park sits in the 61st 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 Ashley Park for landlords?
Ashley Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (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 Bessemer City as a whole (3.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Ashley Park?
Ashley Park has 4,023 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (77.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (13.1%), Hispanic / Latino (6.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
