Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
High Shoals Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37071030301 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,523 · 22% of tract blocks fall in High Shoals
How risky is High Shoals for landlords? Census tract 37071030301 scores 4.7/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #60,406 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 13% of renter households, a modest level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $737 a month while the average household earns $71,594 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,049
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$71,594
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
55
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across High Shoals and the region
Centroid at 35.3793, -81.1865 · click any tract to drill in
Why High Shoals scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from High Shoals
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$737 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from High Shoals
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from High Shoals
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from High Shoals
6.2
How High Shoals compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 231Total filings over 12 yrs
- 6.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.2%Peak (2014)
- 23Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.0%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in High Shoals
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 High Shoals, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Gaston County average of 5.5 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071030301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071030301?
Census tract 37071030301 in High Shoals scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 37071030301?
Median gross rent is $737/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071030301?
14.0% of residents in tract 37071030301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,523.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071030301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 29th, minority 16th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071030301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 231 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071030301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.96% of renter households, peaking at 16.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071030301 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071030301 compare to High Shoals overall?
Tract 37071030301 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of High Shoals at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from High Shoals; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in High Shoals
Top eight tracts in High Shoals ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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