Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Gastonia Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37071031704 · Gaston County, NC · pop 4,189 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Gastonia
With a score of 4.7/10, tract 37071031704 in Gastonia, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,189 residents. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Gaston County average of 40.3%.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,587
Renter share27.6%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$75,745
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gastonia and the region
Centroid at 35.2197, -81.2642 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gastonia scores 4.7
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
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$933 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: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 718Total filings over 12 yrs
- 20.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 32.1%Peak (2008)
- 56Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 24% 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.
- 13.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.5%Food insecurity
- 14.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gastonia
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
At $933 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Gastonia commands. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 718 evictions over 12 years of observation. It sits 0.7 points above the Gaston County average of 4.0.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 32.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 20.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $75,745, annual rent is just 15%.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071031704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071031704?
Census tract 37071031704 in Gastonia scores 4.7/10 (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 37071031704?
Median gross rent is $933/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071031704?
20.1% of residents in tract 37071031704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,189.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071031704?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 55th, minority 42th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071031704?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 718 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071031704 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.14% of renter households, peaking at 32.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071031704 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.7% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071031704 compare to Gastonia overall?
Tract 37071031704 scores 4.7/10, higher than 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gastonia
Top eight tracts in Gastonia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Moderate
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