Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Gastonia Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37071032702 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,316
Census tract 37071032702 covers part of Gastonia, NC, and scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,147
Renter share60.0%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$66,379
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gastonia and the region
Centroid at 35.2270, -81.1636 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gastonia scores 4.1
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
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,182 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 693Total filings over 12 yrs
- 12.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.5%Peak (2015)
- 69Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gastonia
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.
The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The filing record is not thin: 693 evictions over 12 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2015 at 22.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 12.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
39% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Gaston County average of 4.0 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071032702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071032702?
Census tract 37071032702 in Gastonia scores 4.1/10 (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 37071032702?
Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071032702?
12.0% of residents in tract 37071032702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,316.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071032702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 57th, minority 53th, housing 74th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071032702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 693 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071032702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.69% of renter households, peaking at 22.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071032702 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071032702 compare to Gastonia overall?
Tract 37071032702 scores 4.1/10, 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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