Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Mount Holly Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37071030206 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,555 · 60% of tract blocks fall in Mount Holly

With a score of 3/10, tract 37071030206 in Mount Holly, NC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,555 residents. roughly one in eight of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Gaston County average of 40.3%.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 6% Owners 93%

Tract context

Occupied units833

Renter share6.7%

SVI overall0.21

Poverty rate7.5%

Median income$97,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Mount Holly and the region

Centroid at 35.3527, -81.0330 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mount Holly scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Mount Holly

4.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.6

State political climate

North Carolina legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

7.5% poverty · this tract

1.9

Supply constraint

$2,129 rent vs county FMR

6.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Mount Holly

6.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Mount Holly

7.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Mount Holly

5.6

How Mount Holly compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

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

21%Socioeconomic
45%Household composition
59%Racial/ethnic minority
14%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.

11.2%Housing insecurity
7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
11.9%Food insecurity
8.9%SNAP enrollment
6.9%Transit barriers
8.1%No health insurance
15.6%Frequent mental distress
25.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mount Holly

Average gross rent is $2,129, 70% above the Mount Holly average. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The voucher gap is 16.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

It sits 1.0 points below the Gaston County average of 4.0. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 7% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 37071030206

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071030206?

Census tract 37071030206 in Mount Holly scores 3/10 (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 37071030206?

Median gross rent is $2,129/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37071030206?

7.5% of residents in tract 37071030206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,555.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37071030206?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 45th, minority 59th, housing 14th.

What share of households in tract 37071030206 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.2% 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.

How does tract 37071030206 compare to Mount Holly overall?

Tract 37071030206 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Mount Holly at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Holly eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mount Holly

Top eight tracts in Mount Holly ranked by composite eviction-risk score.