Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Asheville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37021002608 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 4,559 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Asheville
Census tract 37021002608 covers part of Asheville, NC, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,559 residents. The clearest offset is state political climate at 2.3/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,622
Renter share42.0%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$61,683
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Asheville and the region
Centroid at 35.6107, -82.6858 · click any tract to drill in
Why Asheville scores 4.5
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
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,318 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%Housing & transportation
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.
- 11.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.9%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Asheville
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Cost burden runs 42% here against 46.9% across Buncombe County.
On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Buncombe County average of 4.1 closely. Average gross rent is $1,318, close to the Asheville average.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $61,683. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021002608
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021002608?
Census tract 37021002608 in Asheville scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 37021002608?
Median gross rent is $1,318/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021002608?
12.3% of residents in tract 37021002608 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,559.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021002608?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 7th, minority 34th, housing 88th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37021002608 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37021002608 compare to Asheville overall?
Tract 37021002608 scores 4.5/10, higher 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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