Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Newton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37035011200 · Catawba County, NC · pop 5,655 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Newton
With a score of 3.1/10, tract 37035011200 in Newton, NC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,243
Renter share23.7%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$66,830
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newton and the region
Centroid at 35.6671, -81.2290 · click any tract to drill in
Why Newton scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Newton
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,045 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newton
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newton
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newton
6.2
How Newton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 936Total filings over 16 yrs
- 6.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.6%Peak (2014)
- 56Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 11.4%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Newton
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. It sits 0.9 points below the Catawba County average of 4.0.
The filing record is not thin: 936 evictions over 16 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2014 at 10.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 29% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,045, close to the Newton average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $66,830.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37035011200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035011200?
Census tract 37035011200 in Newton scores 3.1/10 (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 37035011200?
Median gross rent is $1,045/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37035011200?
4.4% of residents in tract 37035011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,655.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37035011200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 56th, minority 44th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035011200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 936 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035011200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.92% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37035011200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37035011200 compare to Newton overall?
Tract 37035011200 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Newton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Newton
Top eight tracts in Newton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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