Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37071030208 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37071030208 · Gaston County, NC · pop 547
Tract 37071030208, home to 547 residents in Gaston, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #74,190 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $118,125 a year. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units224
Renter share11.6%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate0.0%
Median income$118,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gaston County and the region
Centroid at 35.3876, -81.0574 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37071030208 scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 37071030208 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37071030208
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by North Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Gaston County average of 5.5 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071030208
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071030208?
Census tract 37071030208 in Gaston County scores 2.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 37071030208?
0.0% of residents in tract 37071030208 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 547.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071030208?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 20th, minority 5th, housing 20th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 37071030208 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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