Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Gastonia Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37071032802 · Gaston County, NC · pop 3,755 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Gastonia

How risky is Gastonia in Gaston County for landlords? Census tract 37071032802 scores 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 77% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 77% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,064 a month against an average household income of $32,656 a year, roughly 39% of income at the averages. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 9% Owners 60%

Tract context

Occupied units1,649

Renter share40.0%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate15.7%

Median income$32,656

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gastonia and the region

Centroid at 35.2336, -81.1810 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gastonia scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

15.7% poverty · this tract

3.9

Supply constraint

$1,064 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: 87

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

93%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
61%Racial/ethnic minority
49%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.

15.7%Housing insecurity
10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
20.1%Food insecurity
17.4%SNAP enrollment
10.6%Transit barriers
13.0%No health insurance
17.7%Frequent mental distress
37.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gastonia

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Gastonia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Gaston County average of 5.5 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 37071032802

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071032802?

Census tract 37071032802 in Gastonia scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37071032802?

Median gross rent is $1,064/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37071032802?

15.7% of residents in tract 37071032802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,755.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37071032802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 94th, minority 61th, housing 49th.

What share of households in tract 37071032802 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.7% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37071032802 compare to Gastonia overall?

Tract 37071032802 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Gastonia at 2.7/10. 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.