Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Sweetwater Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hickory
Tract 37035011000 · Catawba County, NC · pop 2,658 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 37035011000 in the Sweetwater area of Hickory, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Average gross rent is $705, 34% below the Hickory average.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units913
Renter share55.9%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate23.5%
Median income$46,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hickory and the region
Centroid at 35.7197, -81.2932 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sweetwater scores 5.4
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
23.5% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$705 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Sweetwater compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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)
- 1,613Total filings over 16 yrs
- 28.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 68.0%Peak (2007)
- 114Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 41% over the past 16 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Sweetwater. 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.
- 20.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 24.7%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 19.4%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 41.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sweetwater
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Cost burden runs 40% here against 31.4% across Catawba County. It sits 1.4 points above the Catawba County average of 4.0.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Food insecurity runs 28.0% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 24.7% against 15.2% nationally. Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 1,613 eviction filings across 16 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2007 at 68.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 28.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37035011000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035011000?
Census tract 37035011000 in the Sweetwater neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 37035011000?
Median gross rent is $705/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37035011000?
23.5% of residents in tract 37035011000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,658.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37035011000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 95th, minority 70th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 37035011000 considered part of Sweetwater?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37035011000 fall within Sweetwater (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035011000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,613 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035011000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 28.47% of renter households, peaking at 68.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37035011000 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.4% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37035011000 compare to Hickory overall?
Tract 37035011000 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Hickory at 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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5.4
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5
/ 10 · Moderate
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5
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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37035011101
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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