Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Gastonia Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37071031703 · Gaston County, NC · pop 3,412 · 54% of tract blocks fall in Gastonia
37071031703 is a census tract in Gastonia, NC. It scores 4.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,412 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,183
Renter share22.7%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate13.6%
Median income$65,489
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gastonia and the region
Centroid at 35.2392, -81.2536 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gastonia scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gastonia
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
13.6% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,094 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gastonia
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gastonia
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gastonia
6.8
How Gastonia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 256Total filings over 12 yrs
- 11.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.9%Peak (2005)
- 17Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 53% 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.
- 16.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.9%Food insecurity
- 16.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gastonia
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.
Cost burden runs 35% here against 40.3% across Gaston County. Court records carry 256 eviction filings across 12 observed years.
Average gross rent is $1,094, 9% below the Gastonia average. Filings peaked in 2005 at 12.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 11.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Gaston County average of 4.0 closely.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $65,489.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071031703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071031703?
Census tract 37071031703 in Gastonia scores 4.3/10 (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 37071031703?
Median gross rent is $1,094/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071031703?
13.6% of residents in tract 37071031703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,412.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071031703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 12th, minority 66th, housing 45th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071031703?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 256 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071031703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.65% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071031703 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.0% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071031703 compare to Gastonia overall?
Tract 37071031703 scores 4.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Gastonia at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gastonia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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