Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally

Gastonia Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37071033308 · Gaston County, NC · pop 1,257 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Gastonia

Census tract 37071033308 sits in Gastonia eviction risk, North Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. That is riskier than roughly 56% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,339 monthly, set against $71,641 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 10% Owners 84%

Tract context

Occupied units618

Renter share15.7%

SVI overall0.10

Poverty rate5.3%

Median income$71,641

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gastonia and the region

Centroid at 35.1605, -81.0914 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gastonia scores 3.6

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

5.3% poverty · this tract

1.3

Supply constraint

$1,339 rent vs county FMR

2.3

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: 10

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

31%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
51%Racial/ethnic minority
7%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.

10.8%Housing insecurity
6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
13.2%Food insecurity
10.1%SNAP enrollment
7.3%Transit barriers
9.5%No health insurance
16.7%Frequent mental distress
32.5%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 about the same as the Gaston County average of 5.5 and in line with 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 10.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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 37071033308

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071033308?

Census tract 37071033308 in Gastonia scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37071033308?

Median gross rent is $1,339/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37071033308?

5.3% of residents in tract 37071033308 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,257.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37071033308?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 6th, minority 51th, housing 7th.

What share of households in tract 37071033308 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.8% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37071033308 compare to Gastonia overall?

Tract 37071033308 scores 3.6/10, 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.