Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Hickory Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37035011102 · Catawba County, NC · pop 8,113 · 30% of tract blocks fall in Hickory
With a score of 5.5/10, tract 37035011102 in Hickory ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 8,113 residents. That is riskier than about 56% of US census tracts.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,178 monthly, set against $71,486 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units3,068
Renter share43.7%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$71,486
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hickory and the region
Centroid at 35.6904, -81.3234 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hickory scores 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
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,178 rent vs county FMR
6.3
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: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 804Total filings over 16 yrs
- 6.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.6%Peak (2007)
- 37Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 36% 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hickory
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 in line with 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 804 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 6.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.6% of renter households in 2007.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% 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 37035011102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035011102?
Census tract 37035011102 in Hickory 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 37035011102?
Median gross rent is $1,178/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37035011102?
14.2% of residents in tract 37035011102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,113.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37035011102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 68th, minority 47th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035011102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 804 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035011102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.35% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37035011102 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37035011102 compare to Hickory overall?
Tract 37035011102 scores 4/10, 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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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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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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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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The Cedars
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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