Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Asheville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37021002204 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 9,317 · 78% of tract blocks fall in Asheville
37021002204 is a census tract in Asheville, NC. It scores 3.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 9,317. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units3,959
Renter share63.0%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$74,351
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Asheville and the region
Centroid at 35.4980, -82.5433 · click any tract to drill in
Why Asheville scores 3.8
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
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,588 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 602Total filings over 11 yrs
- 4.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2004)
- 39Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 47% 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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Asheville
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 2.3/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.0% against 17.8% nationally. 42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Buncombe County average of 46.9%.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 602 filings here across 11 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 6.8% against 14.2% nationally.
At $1,588 a month, rents run 13% over what the rest of Asheville commands. Filings peaked in 2004 at 11.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021002204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021002204?
Census tract 37021002204 in Asheville scores 3.8/10 (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 37021002204?
Median gross rent is $1,588/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021002204?
9.0% of residents in tract 37021002204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,317.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021002204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 51th, minority 17th, housing 66th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37021002204?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 602 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 37021002204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.69% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37021002204 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37021002204 compare to Asheville overall?
Tract 37021002204 scores 3.8/10, 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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