Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37021002504 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37021002504 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 5,176
37021002504 is a census tract in Buncombe County, NC. It scores 3.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,176 residents. 14% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Buncombe County average of 46.9%.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,932
Renter share33.2%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$78,341
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buncombe County and the region
Centroid at 35.5677, -82.7256 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37021002504 scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,155 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 37021002504 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.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 309Total filings over 11 yrs
- 7.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.6%Peak (2003)
- 32Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.8%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 32.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37021002504
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 2.3/10. On the softer side, local political climate reads 2.3/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.3/10.
The filing record is not thin: 309 evictions over 11 years of observation. Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Filings peaked in 2003 at 15.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 7.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10.
Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $78,341, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Buncombe County average of 4.1 closely.
Average gross rent runs $1,155 a month.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021002504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021002504?
Census tract 37021002504 in Buncombe County 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 37021002504?
Median gross rent is $1,155/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021002504?
13.5% of residents in tract 37021002504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,176.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021002504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 79th, minority 12th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37021002504?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 309 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 37021002504 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.91% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37021002504 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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