Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37035011802 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37035011802 · Catawba County, NC · pop 5,735
Catawba in Catawba County anchors census tract 37035011802, which lands at 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 23% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $877 monthly, set against $55,230 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,329
Renter share21.3%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$55,230
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Catawba County and the region
Centroid at 35.6063, -81.4079 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37035011802 scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$877 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 37035011802 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.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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)
- 395Total filings over 16 yrs
- 8.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.0%Peak (2006)
- 19Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% 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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 34.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37035011802
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by North Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Catawba County average of 5.0 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 395 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 8.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.0% of renter households in 2006.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37035011802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37035011802?
Census tract 37035011802 in Catawba County scores 3.6/10 (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 37035011802?
Median gross rent is $877/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37035011802?
9.8% of residents in tract 37035011802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,735.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37035011802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 88th, minority 29th, housing 32th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37035011802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 395 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37035011802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.43% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37035011802 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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