Within parent city
15
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Hickory Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37035010301 · Catawba County, NC · pop 4,996 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Hickory
Tract 37035010301 covers Hickory in Catawba County in North Carolina. Home to 4,996 residents, it scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 28% of US census tracts.
26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $733 a month against an average household income of $68,686 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,993
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$68,686
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 Hickory and the region
Centroid at 35.7889, -81.2579 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hickory scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hickory
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$733 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hickory
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hickory
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hickory
5.9
How Hickory compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 394Total filings over 16 yrs
- 8.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.1%Peak (2009)
- 24Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 16 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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hickory
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Hickory 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 Catawba County average of 5.0 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 394 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 8.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.1% of renter households in 2009.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37035010301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035010301?
Census tract 37035010301 in Hickory 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 37035010301?
Median gross rent is $733/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37035010301?
9.1% of residents in tract 37035010301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,996.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37035010301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 55th, minority 32th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035010301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 394 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035010301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.81% of renter households, peaking at 15.1% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37035010301 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37035010301 compare to Hickory overall?
Tract 37035010301 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Hickory at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hickory eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hickory
Top eight tracts in Hickory ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Kenworth
6
/ 10 · Elevated
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Sweetwater
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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Claremont
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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Forest Hills
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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Green Park
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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North Hickory
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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Sweetwater
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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The Cedars
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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