Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally

Woolsey Eviction Risk: Lower , Asheville

Tract 37021001601 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 4,448 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 37021001601 sits in the Woolsey neighborhood of Asheville eviction risk, North Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. It lands near the 38th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,221 monthly, set against $91,164 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.5

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 19% Owners 71%

Tract context

Occupied units1,589

Renter share28.0%

SVI overall0.16

Poverty rate9.0%

Median income$91,164

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Asheville and the region

Centroid at 35.6274, -82.5619 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woolsey scores 3.5

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

9.0% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$1,221 rent vs county FMR

3.1

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 Woolsey compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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

20%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
23%Racial/ethnic minority
32%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

50%Grade A
7%Grade B
6%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Woolsey. 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.

5.0%Housing insecurity
3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
5.6%Food insecurity
3.9%SNAP enrollment
3.9%Transit barriers
5.1%No health insurance
12.0%Frequent mental distress
24.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woolsey

What moves this score most 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 below the Buncombe County average of 5.4 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37021001601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021001601?

Census tract 37021001601 in the Woolsey neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37021001601?

Median gross rent is $1,221/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37021001601?

9.0% of residents in tract 37021001601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,448.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37021001601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 15th, minority 23th, housing 32th.

Is tract 37021001601 considered part of Woolsey?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37021001601 fall within Woolsey (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 37021001601 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.0% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37021001601 compare to Asheville overall?

Tract 37021001601 scores 3.5/10, right in line with 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.

Was tract 37021001601 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.

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