Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Bingham Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Asheville
Tract 37021001401 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 4,166 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
37021001401 is a census tract in the Bingham Heights area of Asheville, NC. It scores 5.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,166. Cost burden runs 69% here against 46.9% across Buncombe County.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,406
Renter share57.3%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate19.8%
Median income$40,409
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Asheville and the region
Centroid at 35.6063, -82.6009 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bingham Heights scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Asheville
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
19.8% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,046 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Asheville
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Asheville
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Asheville
4.0
How Bingham Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bingham Heights. 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.
- 15.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.5%Food insecurity
- 16.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 14.2%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 36.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bingham Heights
Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.9/10.
Average gross rent is $1,046, 25% below the Asheville average. Against the Buncombe County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $40,409.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021001401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021001401?
Census tract 37021001401 in the Bingham Heights neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 37021001401?
Median gross rent is $1,046/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021001401?
19.8% of residents in tract 37021001401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,166.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021001401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 25th, minority 56th, housing 100th.
Q5
Is tract 37021001401 considered part of Bingham Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37021001401 fall within Bingham Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 37021001401 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.0% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37021001401 compare to Asheville overall?
Tract 37021001401 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Asheville at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Asheville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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