Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Bessemer City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37071030801 · Gaston County, NC · pop 1,748 · 43% of tract blocks fall in Bessemer City
Census tract 37071030801 covers part of Bessemer City, NC, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,748 residents. Against Gaston County at 40.3%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units684
Renter share10.1%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate12.4%
Median income$60,221
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bessemer City and the region
Centroid at 35.2832, -81.3231 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bessemer City scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bessemer City
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
12.4% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,250 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bessemer City
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bessemer City
2.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bessemer City
2.4
How Bessemer City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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)
- 106Total filings over 12 yrs
- 6.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2006)
- 10Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% over the past 12 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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.4%Food insecurity
- 13.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bessemer City
Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Average gross rent is $1,250, 19% above the Bessemer City average.
The filing record is not thin: 106 evictions over 12 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2006, when 11.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. 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.
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 37071030801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071030801?
Census tract 37071030801 in Bessemer City scores 3.5/10 (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 37071030801?
Median gross rent is $1,250/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071030801?
12.4% of residents in tract 37071030801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,748.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071030801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 25th, minority 12th, housing 16th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071030801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 106 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071030801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.13% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071030801 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071030801 compare to Bessemer City overall?
Tract 37071030801 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Bessemer City at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bessemer City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bessemer City
Top eight tracts in Bessemer City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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