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Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Westview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Elon

Tract 37001021702 · Alamance County, NC · pop 6,862 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 37001021702 sits in the Westview area of Elon, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.3
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 neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Westview
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Elon
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 37 tracts In Alamance County
Very High
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#367 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
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 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Westview risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 0217024.4Elonparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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 by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37001021702
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westview

Against Alamance County at 40.3%, roughly three in four of renters here are cost-burdened. At $993 a month, rents run 52% under what the rest of Elon commands. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.9/10. Against the Alamance County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.

The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 277 eviction filings across 16 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2010, when 8.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 3.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 37001021702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37001021702?

Census tract 37001021702 in the Westview neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 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 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Elon at 4.4/10. 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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