Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Whittenburg Springs Eviction Risk: Lower , Bethlehem
Tract 37003040700 · Alexander County, NC · pop 6,922 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 37003040700 sits in the Whittenburg Springs neighborhood of Bethlehem, North Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 6% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $742 a month against an average household income of $72,266 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,671
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$72,266
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bethlehem and the region
Centroid at 35.8303, -81.3009 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whittenburg Springs scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bethlehem
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$742 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bethlehem
1.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bethlehem
3.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bethlehem
2.0
How Whittenburg Springs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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)
- 380Total filings over 16 yrs
- 6.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.0%Peak (2008)
- 21Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 75% over the past 16 months.
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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whittenburg Springs
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 3.6/10. 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 Bethlehem, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Alexander County average of 4.2 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 380 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 6.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.0% of renter households in 2008.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 37003040700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37003040700?
Census tract 37003040700 in the Whittenburg Springs neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 37003040700?
Median gross rent is $742/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37003040700?
8.9% of residents in tract 37003040700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,922.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37003040700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 53th, minority 15th, housing 24th.
Q5
Is tract 37003040700 considered part of Whittenburg Springs?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37003040700 fall within Whittenburg Springs (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37003040700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 380 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37003040700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.52% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37003040700 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37003040700 compare to Bethlehem overall?
Tract 37003040700 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Bethlehem at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bethlehem; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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