Within parent city
3
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Asheville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37021001700 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 2,983 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Asheville
Census tract 37021001700 covers part of Asheville, NC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,983. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,334
Renter share18.2%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$109,838
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Asheville and the region
Centroid at 35.6459, -82.5155 · click any tract to drill in
Why Asheville scores 3
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
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,151 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Asheville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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)
- 31Total filings over 8 yrs
- 2.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2010)
- 4Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 5.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 12.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Asheville
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.8/10. Cost burden runs 37% here against 46.9% across Buncombe County.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. It sits 1.1 points below the Buncombe County average of 4.1.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. At $1,151 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Asheville commands.
Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 31 eviction filings across 8 observed years.
Housing insecurity runs 5.9% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2010 at 4.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021001700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021001700?
Census tract 37021001700 in Asheville scores 3/10 (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 37021001700?
Median gross rent is $1,151/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021001700?
7.1% of residents in tract 37021001700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,983.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021001700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 20th, minority 20th, housing 32th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37021001700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 37021001700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.68% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37021001700 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.9% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37021001700 compare to Asheville overall?
Tract 37021001700 scores 3/10, lower 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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