Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37003040200 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37003040200 · Alexander County, NC · pop 3,700
Tract 37003040200 sits in Alexander County, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.2/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,665
Renter share12.7%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$55,727
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Alexander County and the region
Centroid at 35.9824, -81.2467 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37003040200 scores 3.2
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
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$790 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 37003040200 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 164Total filings over 16 yrs
- 3.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2016)
- 13Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37003040200
The main counterweight is regional political climate at 2.1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.2/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Court records carry 164 eviction filings across 16 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 13% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10.
Against average income of $55,727, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 28% of renters.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37003040200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37003040200?
Census tract 37003040200 in Alexander County scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 37003040200?
Median gross rent is $790/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37003040200?
8.7% of residents in tract 37003040200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,700.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37003040200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 52th, minority 16th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37003040200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 164 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37003040200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.70% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37003040200 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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