Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Asheville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37021002505 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 6,532 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Asheville
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 37021002505 (Asheville, North Carolina) comes in at 5.2/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #46,045 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,367 monthly, set against $85,655 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,915
Renter share25.3%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$85,655
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Asheville and the region
Centroid at 35.5682, -82.6681 · click any tract to drill in
Why Asheville scores 3.6
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
$1,367 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 209Total filings over 11 yrs
- 4.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2013)
- 34Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 89% 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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 32.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Asheville
The score leans hardest on 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 about the same as 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 209 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 4.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.2% of renter households in 2013.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021002505
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021002505?
Census tract 37021002505 in Asheville scores 3.6/10 (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 37021002505?
Median gross rent is $1,367/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021002505?
9.0% of residents in tract 37021002505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,532.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021002505?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 19th, minority 24th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37021002505?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 209 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 37021002505 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.03% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37021002505 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37021002505 compare to Asheville overall?
Tract 37021002505 scores 3.6/10, 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.
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