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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Bingham Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Asheville

Tract 37021001500 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 2,911 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Census tract 37021001500 runs through the Bingham Heights area of Asheville. With 2,911 residents, it scores 6.1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 77% of US census tracts.

52% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,193 a month while the average household earns $69,779 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 21% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,169
Renter share43.2%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$69,779

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Bingham Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Asheville
High
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#25 of 65 tracts In Buncombe County
Elevated
Within state
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#1,118 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Asheville and the region

Centroid at 35.6306, -82.5944 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bingham Heights scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Asheville
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,193 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Asheville
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Asheville
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Asheville
7.1

How Bingham Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bingham Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 001500Asheville: 3.43.4Ashevilleparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 283Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 5.89%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.0%Peak (2006)
  • 32Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 370210015002002: 33 filings (7.44/100 renter HHs)2003: 16 filings (3.61/100 renter HHs)2004: 17 filings (3.83/100 renter HHs)2005: 14 filings (3.59/100 renter HHs)2006: 39 filings (10.00/100 renter HHs)2007: 35 filings (8.98/100 renter HHs)2008: 25 filings (6.41/100 renter HHs)2009: 19 filings (4.87/100 renter HHs)2010: 26 filings (5.20/100 renter HHs)2011: 27 filings (4.96/100 renter HHs)2013: 32 filings (5.88/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
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 score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 37021001500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021001500?

Census tract 37021001500 in the Bingham Heights neighborhood scores 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 37021001500?

Median gross rent is $1,193/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37021001500?

13.1% of residents in tract 37021001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,911.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37021001500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 23th, minority 26th, housing 42th.
Q5

Is tract 37021001500 considered part of Bingham Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37021001500 fall within Bingham Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37021001500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 283 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 37021001500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.89% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37021001500 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% 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.
Q8

How does tract 37021001500 compare to Asheville overall?

Tract 37021001500 scores 4/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 37021001500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

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

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