Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Swannanoa Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37021003002 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 8,923 · 54% of tract blocks fall in Swannanoa
Tract 37021003002 covers Swannanoa in Buncombe County in North Carolina. Home to 8,923 residents, it scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #33,516 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $687 a month while the average household earns $73,083 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,723
Renter share18.6%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$73,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Swannanoa and the region
Centroid at 35.6142, -82.3977 · click any tract to drill in
Why Swannanoa scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Swannanoa
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$687 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Swannanoa
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Swannanoa
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Swannanoa
6.8
How Swannanoa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 629Total filings over 11 yrs
- 8.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.1%Peak (2007)
- 44Filings 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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Swannanoa
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 6.8/10. 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 Swannanoa, 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 629 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 8.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.1% of renter households in 2007.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021003002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021003002?
Census tract 37021003002 in Swannanoa 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 37021003002?
Median gross rent is $687/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021003002?
12.5% of residents in tract 37021003002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,923.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021003002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 75th, minority 22th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37021003002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 629 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 37021003002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.39% of renter households, peaking at 12.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37021003002 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37021003002 compare to Swannanoa overall?
Tract 37021003002 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Swannanoa at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Swannanoa; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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