Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Belwood Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37045950101 · Cleveland County, NC · pop 5,608 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Belwood
Census tract 37045950101 covers Belwood in Cleveland County, home to 5,608 residents. For landlords it grades 4.5/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 23rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $549 a month against an average household income of $49,120 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,844
Renter share20.2%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$49,120
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Belwood and the region
Centroid at 35.5119, -81.5960 · click any tract to drill in
Why Belwood scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Belwood
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$549 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Belwood
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Belwood
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Belwood
4.4
How Belwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 186Total filings over 16 yrs
- 2.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.1%Peak (2018)
- 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 122% 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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.8%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Belwood
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 4.5/10. 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 Belwood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cleveland County average of 5.7 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 186 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 2.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.1% of renter households in 2018.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 52nd 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 37045950101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37045950101?
Census tract 37045950101 in Belwood 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 37045950101?
Median gross rent is $549/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37045950101?
12.3% of residents in tract 37045950101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,608.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37045950101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 45th, minority 23th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37045950101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 186 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37045950101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.84% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37045950101 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37045950101 compare to Belwood overall?
Tract 37045950101 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Belwood at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Belwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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