Within county
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37003040100 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37003040100 · Alexander County, NC · pop 3,322
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 37003040100 in Alexander ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,322 residents. It lands near the 42nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
52% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $791 a month against an average household income of $51,321 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,290
Renter share12.5%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate19.8%
Median income$51,321
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Alexander County and the region
Centroid at 35.9786, -81.0654 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37003040100 scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
19.8% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$791 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 37003040100 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 131Total filings over 16 yrs
- 3.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2013)
- 8Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 16 months.
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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.3%Food insecurity
- 17.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 40.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37003040100
What moves this score most is 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 Alexander County average of 4.2 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 131 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 3.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.5% of renter households in 2013.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 66th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37003040100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37003040100?
Census tract 37003040100 in Alexander County scores 4.4/10 (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 37003040100?
Median gross rent is $791/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37003040100?
19.8% of residents in tract 37003040100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,322.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37003040100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 45th, minority 14th, housing 82th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37003040100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 131 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37003040100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.59% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37003040100 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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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