Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Belmont Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37071032302 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,823 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Belmont
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 37071032302 in Belmont, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,823. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,459
Renter share47.6%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate25.8%
Median income$49,886
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Belmont and the region
Centroid at 35.2483, -81.0255 · click any tract to drill in
Why Belmont scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Belmont
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
25.8% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$869 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Belmont
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Belmont
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Belmont
5.5
How Belmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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)
- 493Total filings over 12 yrs
- 11.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.0%Peak (2005)
- 32Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% 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.
- 15.1%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.6%Food insecurity
- 21.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.4%Transit barriers
- 14.3%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 42.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Belmont
At $869 a month, rents run 36% under what the rest of Belmont commands. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Cost burden runs 48% here against 40.3% across Gaston County. It sits 1.4 points above the Gaston County average of 4.0. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.
The filing record is not thin: 493 evictions over 12 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2005 at 19.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 11.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071032302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071032302?
Census tract 37071032302 in Belmont scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 37071032302?
Median gross rent is $869/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071032302?
25.8% of residents in tract 37071032302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,823.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071032302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 54th, minority 35th, housing 98th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071032302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 493 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071032302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.34% of renter households, peaking at 19.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071032302 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.1% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071032302 compare to Belmont overall?
Tract 37071032302 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Belmont at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Belmont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Belmont
Top eight tracts in Belmont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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