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Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Newton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37035011300 · Catawba County, NC · pop 6,669 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Newton

37035011300 is a census tract in Newton, NC. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 16% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,816
Renter share26.3%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$49,808

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Newton
Very High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 34 tracts In Catawba County
High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#478 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
High
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Newton and the region

Centroid at 35.6702, -81.1937 · click any tract to drill in

Why Newton scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,033 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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.
Newton risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0113004.0Newtonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1,373Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 9.21%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.9%Peak (2008)
  • 96Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37035011300
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Newton

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.5/10. Cost burden runs 39% here against 31.4% across Catawba County. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Catawba County average of 4.0. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

The filing record is not thin: 1,373 evictions over 16 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2008 at 13.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 9.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.2/10. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,033, close to the Newton average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 37035011300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035011300?

Census tract 37035011300 in Newton scores 5.1/10 (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 37035011300?

Median gross rent is $1,033/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37035011300?

18.3% of residents in tract 37035011300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,669.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37035011300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 98th, minority 54th, housing 80th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035011300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,373 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035011300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.21% of renter households, peaking at 13.9% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37035011300 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.7% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37035011300 compare to Newton overall?

Tract 37035011300 scores 5.1/10, higher 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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