Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Westview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Elon
Tract 37001021702 · Alamance County, NC · pop 6,862 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 37001021702 sits in Westview in Elon, North Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. On the national scale it ranks #6,139 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
73% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $993 a month while the average household earns $88,250 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,902
Renter share25.8%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate27.2%
Median income$88,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elon and the region
Centroid at 36.0931, -79.5083 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westview scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elon
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
27.2% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$993 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elon
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elon
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elon
8.9
How Westview compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 277Total filings over 16 yrs
- 3.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.2%Peak (2010)
- 7Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 250% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Westview. 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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westview
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Elon, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well above the Alamance County average of 5.2 and above 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 9.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 23rd 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 37001021702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37001021702?
Census tract 37001021702 in the Westview neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 37001021702?
Median gross rent is $993/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37001021702?
27.2% of residents in tract 37001021702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,862.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37001021702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 1th, minority 33th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 37001021702 considered part of Westview?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37001021702 fall within Westview (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37001021702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 277 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37001021702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.27% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37001021702 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37001021702 compare to Elon overall?
Tract 37001021702 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Elon at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Elon
Top eight tracts in Elon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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