Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37089931902 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089931902 · Henderson County, NC · pop 3,501
Census tract 37089931902 sits in Henderson, North Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. On the national scale it ranks #60,416 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $770 monthly, set against $72,574 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,574
Renter share9.1%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$72,574
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Henderson County and the region
Centroid at 35.2561, -82.5437 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37089931902 scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$770 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 37089931902 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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)
- 145Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2004)
- 8Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% 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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37089931902
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty 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 set by North Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 145 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 4.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.9% of renter households in 2004.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37089931902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089931902?
Census tract 37089931902 in Henderson County scores 3.2/10 (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 37089931902?
Median gross rent is $770/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089931902?
7.4% of residents in tract 37089931902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,501.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089931902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 30th, minority 5th, housing 27th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089931902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 145 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37089931902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.59% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37089931902 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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