Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Forest Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hickory
Tract 37035010600 · Catawba County, NC · pop 6,750 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 37035010600 (the Forest Hills area of Hickory, North Carolina) comes in at 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 64th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $849 a month against an average household income of $51,718 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,832
Renter share47.2%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$51,718
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hickory and the region
Centroid at 35.7438, -81.3656 · click any tract to drill in
Why Forest Hills scores 4.7
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
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$849 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Forest Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 2,066Total filings over 16 yrs
- 12.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.4%Peak (2002)
- 111Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 16 months.
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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Forest Hills
What moves this score most is 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 above the Catawba County average of 5.0 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,066 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 12.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.4% of renter households in 2002.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37035010600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035010600?
Census tract 37035010600 in the Forest Hills neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 37035010600?
Median gross rent is $849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37035010600?
17.7% of residents in tract 37035010600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,750.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37035010600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 92th, minority 56th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 37035010600 considered part of Forest Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37035010600 fall within Forest Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035010600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,066 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035010600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.54% of renter households, peaking at 15.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37035010600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37035010600 compare to Hickory overall?
Tract 37035010600 scores 4.7/10, 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.
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4.8
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4.7
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/ 10 · Moderate
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37035011101
4.4
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