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Bingham Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Asheville

Tract 37021001401 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 4,166 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 37021001401 (Bingham Heights in Asheville, North Carolina) comes in at 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 68th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 69% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,046 monthly, set against $40,409 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.3
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 neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Bingham Heights
Very High
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 31 tracts In Asheville
Very High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 65 tracts In Buncombe County
Very High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#325 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
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 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Bingham Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 001401Asheville: 3.43.4Ashevilleparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bingham Heights

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. 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 Asheville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Buncombe County average of 5.4 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

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 5.3/10 (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 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 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Asheville at 3.4/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Asheville

Top eight tracts in Asheville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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