Forest Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hickory

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.

At $849 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Hickory commands. It sits 1.0 points above the Catawba County average of 4.0.

Court records carry 2,066 eviction filings across 16 observed years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 15.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 12.5% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $51,718.

47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.