Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Lawndale Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37045950200 · Cleveland County, NC · pop 4,470 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Lawndale
Tract 37045950200 sits in Lawndale, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. It is home to 4,470 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,585
Renter share29.3%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$56,294
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lawndale and the region
Centroid at 35.4081, -81.5293 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawndale scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lawndale
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$828 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lawndale
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lawndale
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lawndale
8.0
How Lawndale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 912Total filings over 16 yrs
- 12.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.3%Peak (2015)
- 55Filings 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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.2%Food insecurity
- 17.2%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 11.6%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 39.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawndale
Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 912 evictions over 16 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 14.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 12.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10. Against average income of $56,294, annual rent is just 18%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters. It tracks the Cleveland County average of 3.9 closely.
Average gross rent is $828, close to the Lawndale average. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 37045950200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37045950200?
Census tract 37045950200 in Lawndale 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 37045950200?
Median gross rent is $828/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37045950200?
16.7% of residents in tract 37045950200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,470.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37045950200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 38th, minority 30th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37045950200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 912 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37045950200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.88% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37045950200 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37045950200 compare to Lawndale overall?
Tract 37045950200 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Lawndale at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lawndale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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