Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Washington Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Statesville
Tract 37097060300 · Iredell County, NC · pop 2,692 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 37097060300 sits in the Washington Heights area of Statesville eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. It is home to 2,692 residents. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,017
Renter share48.5%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$46,366
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
81
th percentile
High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Statesville and the region
Centroid at 35.7647, -80.8969 · click any tract to drill in
Why Washington Heights scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Statesville
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$730 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Statesville
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Statesville
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Statesville
6.9
How Washington Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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)
- 358Total filings over 3 yrs
- 22.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.9%Peak (2002)
- 82Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Washington Heights. 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.
- 23.2%Housing insecurity
- 16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.6%Food insecurity
- 28.0%SNAP enrollment
- 15.3%Transit barriers
- 17.1%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 41.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Washington Heights
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Average gross rent is $730, 27% below the Statesville average.
It sits 1.5 points above the Iredell County average of 4.2. Food insecurity runs 30.6% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 28.0% against 15.2% nationally. Against Iredell County at 34.7%, 27% of renters here are cost-burdened. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 358 filings here across 3 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 24.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 22.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.6/10.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37097060300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097060300?
Census tract 37097060300 in the Washington Heights neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 37097060300?
Median gross rent is $730/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37097060300?
20.3% of residents in tract 37097060300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,692.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37097060300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 86th, minority 84th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 37097060300 considered part of Washington Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37097060300 fall within Washington Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37097060300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 358 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 37097060300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.21% of renter households, peaking at 24.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37097060300 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.2% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37097060300 compare to Statesville overall?
Tract 37097060300 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Statesville at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Statesville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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