Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Black Mountain Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37021003105 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 3,284 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Black Mountain
37021003105 is a census tract in Black Mountain, NC. It scores 4/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,085
Renter share27.2%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$75,329
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Black Mountain and the region
Centroid at 35.6275, -82.2905 · click any tract to drill in
Why Black Mountain scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Black Mountain
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,508 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Black Mountain
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Black Mountain
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Black Mountain
6.6
How Black Mountain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Black Mountain
The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.3/10. Cost burden runs 57% here against 46.9% across Buncombe County.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,508, 9% below the Black Mountain average.
That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Buncombe County average of 4.1 closely.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $75,329.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021003105
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021003105?
Census tract 37021003105 in Black Mountain scores 4/10 (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 37021003105?
Median gross rent is $1,508/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021003105?
11.3% of residents in tract 37021003105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,284.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021003105?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 26th, minority 22th, housing 80th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37021003105 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37021003105 compare to Black Mountain overall?
Tract 37021003105 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Black Mountain at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Black Mountain; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Black Mountain
Top eight tracts in Black Mountain ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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