Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Fletcher Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089930600 · Henderson County, NC · pop 5,481 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Fletcher
37089930600 is a census tract in Fletcher, NC. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,481 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.4/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,491
Renter share23.0%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$72,350
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fletcher and the region
Centroid at 35.4258, -82.5187 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fletcher scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fletcher
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,268 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fletcher
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fletcher
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fletcher
3.4
How Fletcher compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 306Total filings over 15 yrs
- 7.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.8%Peak (2003)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fletcher
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10.
It sits 1.0 points below the Henderson County average of 4.0. Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.0% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 306 evictions over 15 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,268, 15% below the Fletcher average. Filings peaked in 2003 at 19.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 8.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 23% 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.
Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37089930600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089930600?
Census tract 37089930600 in Fletcher 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 37089930600?
Median gross rent is $1,268/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089930600?
5.4% of residents in tract 37089930600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,481.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089930600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 45th, minority 31th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089930600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 306 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37089930600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.97% of renter households, peaking at 19.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37089930600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37089930600 compare to Fletcher overall?
Tract 37089930600 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Fletcher at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fletcher; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fletcher
Top eight tracts in Fletcher ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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