Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37097061103 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37097061103 · Iredell County, NC · pop 2,905
In Iredell, census tract 37097061103 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 56% of US census tracts.
About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $899 a month while the average household earns $52,675 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,213
Renter share16.6%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate19.4%
Median income$52,675
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Iredell County and the region
Centroid at 35.7395, -81.0226 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37097061103 scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
19.4% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$899 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 37097061103 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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)
- 88Total filings over 3 yrs
- 21.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 31.1%Peak (2003)
- 21Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.6%Food insecurity
- 16.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 40.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37097061103
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 above the Iredell County average of 5.1 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 88 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 21.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 31.1% of renter households in 2003.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37097061103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097061103?
Census tract 37097061103 in Iredell County scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 37097061103?
Median gross rent is $899/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37097061103?
19.4% of residents in tract 37097061103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,905.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37097061103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 68th, minority 18th, housing 49th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37097061103?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 88 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 37097061103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.58% of renter households, peaking at 31.1% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37097061103 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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