Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Etowah Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089931901 · Henderson County, NC · pop 3,605 · 58% of tract blocks fall in Etowah
How risky is Etowah for landlords? Census tract 37089931901 scores 4.1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 14th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 18% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $930 monthly, set against $92,713 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,620
Renter share13.6%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$92,713
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Etowah and the region
Centroid at 35.2952, -82.5690 · click any tract to drill in
Why Etowah scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Etowah
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$930 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Etowah
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Etowah
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Etowah
6.2
How Etowah compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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)
- 95Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.7%Peak (2005)
- 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 40% over the past 15 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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.9%Food insecurity
- 4.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 12.3%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Etowah
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.3/10. 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 Etowah, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Henderson County average of 4.8 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 95 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 5.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.7% of renter households in 2005.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th 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 37089931901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089931901?
Census tract 37089931901 in Etowah scores 2.9/10 (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 37089931901?
Median gross rent is $930/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089931901?
9.6% of residents in tract 37089931901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,605.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089931901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 38th, minority 14th, housing 8th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089931901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 95 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37089931901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.01% of renter households, peaking at 15.7% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37089931901 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37089931901 compare to Etowah overall?
Tract 37089931901 scores 2.9/10, higher than the parent city of Etowah at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Etowah; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Etowah
Top eight tracts in Etowah ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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