Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Waco Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37045950301 · Cleveland County, NC · pop 4,339 · 18% of tract blocks fall in Waco
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 37045950301 in Waco in Cleveland County ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,339 residents. On the national scale it ranks #49,045 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
16% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $880 a month against an average household income of $61,998 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,721
Renter share18.2%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate12.6%
Median income$61,998
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waco and the region
Centroid at 35.3533, -81.4437 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waco scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Waco
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
12.6% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$880 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waco
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waco
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waco
7.7
How Waco compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 699Total filings over 16 yrs
- 11.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.3%Peak (2002)
- 45Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.2%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waco
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Waco, 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 in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 53rd 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37045950301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37045950301?
Census tract 37045950301 in Waco 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 37045950301?
Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37045950301?
12.6% of residents in tract 37045950301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,339.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37045950301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 26th, minority 44th, housing 45th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37045950301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 699 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37045950301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.66% of renter households, peaking at 22.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37045950301 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37045950301 compare to Waco overall?
Tract 37045950301 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Waco at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waco; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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