Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Belmont Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37071032302 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,823 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Belmont
The Elevated-tier score of 6.1/10 for census tract 37071032302 reflects conditions in Belmont, North Carolina. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $869 monthly, set against $49,886 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.4
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
75
th percentile
High
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
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 4.4
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
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Belmont, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Gaston County average of 5.5 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 493 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 11.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 19.0% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071032302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071032302?
Census tract 37071032302 in Belmont scores 4.4/10 (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 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Belmont at 2.5/10. 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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Gaston County
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