Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Woodfin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37021002604 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 6,053 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Woodfin
Woodfin is where census tract 37021002604 sits, home to 6,053 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.2/10. That is riskier than about 45% of US census tracts.
About 23% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,049 a month against an average household income of $76,475 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,148
Renter share21.4%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$76,475
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woodfin and the region
Centroid at 35.6867, -82.6828 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodfin scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Woodfin
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,049 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Woodfin
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Woodfin
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Woodfin
7.1
How Woodfin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 247Total filings over 11 yrs
- 8.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.6%Peak (2002)
- 17Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 66% 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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 13.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodfin
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Woodfin, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.7% 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 37021002604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021002604?
Census tract 37021002604 in Woodfin scores 3.7/10 (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 37021002604?
Median gross rent is $1,049/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021002604?
11.2% of residents in tract 37021002604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,053.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021002604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 18th, minority 10th, housing 68th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37021002604?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 247 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 37021002604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.25% of renter households, peaking at 23.6% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37021002604 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37021002604 compare to Woodfin overall?
Tract 37021002604 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Woodfin at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woodfin; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Woodfin
Top eight tracts in Woodfin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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