Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Dallas Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37071030902 · Gaston County, NC · pop 4,810 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Dallas
Census tract 37071030902 covers part of Dallas, NC, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,810. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,628
Renter share32.9%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$55,898
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dallas and the region
Centroid at 35.3080, -81.1593 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dallas scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dallas
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$833 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dallas
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dallas
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dallas
6.3
How Dallas compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 540Total filings over 12 yrs
- 12.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.8%Peak (2015)
- 56Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 60% 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.
- 20.3%Housing insecurity
- 13.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.9%Food insecurity
- 21.9%SNAP enrollment
- 12.9%Transit barriers
- 15.2%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dallas
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.7/10.
The filing record is not thin: 540 evictions over 12 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 24.9% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2015 at 18.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 12.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $55,898, annual rent is just 18%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
40% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Gaston County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071030902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071030902?
Census tract 37071030902 in Dallas scores 3.7/10 (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 37071030902?
Median gross rent is $833/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071030902?
6.9% of residents in tract 37071030902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,810.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071030902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 87th, minority 76th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071030902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 540 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071030902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.82% of renter households, peaking at 18.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071030902 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.3% 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. 13.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071030902 compare to Dallas overall?
Tract 37071030902 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Dallas at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dallas; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dallas
Top eight tracts in Dallas ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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