Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Saluda Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37149920303 · Polk County, NC · pop 2,166 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Saluda
Tract 37149920303, home to 2,166 residents in Saluda in Polk County, scores 5.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 42% of US census tracts.
About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,404 a month while the average household earns $61,750 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units906
Renter share12.0%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$61,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saluda and the region
Centroid at 35.2351, -82.3064 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saluda scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saluda
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,404 rent vs county FMR
8.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saluda
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saluda
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saluda
8.6
How Saluda compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 70Total filings over 16 yrs
- 2.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.7%Peak (2010)
- 3Filings in 2018 (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.
- 5.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.8%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saluda
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.5/10. 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 Saluda, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Polk County average of 4.3 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 70 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.7% of renter households in 2010.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th 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 37149920303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37149920303?
Census tract 37149920303 in Saluda scores 4.2/10 (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 37149920303?
Median gross rent is $1,404/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37149920303?
9.6% of residents in tract 37149920303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,166.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37149920303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 26th, minority 8th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37149920303?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 70 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37149920303 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.12% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37149920303 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.5% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37149920303 compare to Saluda overall?
Tract 37149920303 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Saluda at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saluda; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Saluda
Top eight tracts in Saluda ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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