Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Rocky Brook Eviction Risk: Lower , Shelby
Tract 37045951000 · Cleveland County, NC · pop 3,521 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 37045951000 sits in the Rocky Brook area of Shelby eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. It is home to 3,521 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,300
Renter share34.5%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$66,484
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shelby and the region
Centroid at 35.2906, -81.5258 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rocky Brook scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Shelby
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$843 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shelby
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shelby
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shelby
6.7
How Rocky Brook 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.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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)
- 1,300Total filings over 16 yrs
- 13.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.1%Peak (2003)
- 91Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 22% over the past 16 months.
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.
- 12.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rocky Brook
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10. Against Cleveland County at 38.8%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 1,300 eviction filings across 16 observed years.
It sits 0.8 points below the Cleveland County average of 3.9. Average gross rent is $843, 11% below the Shelby average.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 17.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 13.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 22nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $66,484, annual rent is just 15%.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37045951000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37045951000?
Census tract 37045951000 in the Rocky Brook neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 37045951000?
Median gross rent is $843/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37045951000?
10.7% of residents in tract 37045951000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,521.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37045951000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 44th, minority 44th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 37045951000 considered part of Rocky Brook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37045951000 fall within Rocky Brook (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37045951000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,300 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37045951000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.59% of renter households, peaking at 17.1% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37045951000 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.5% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37045951000 compare to Shelby overall?
Tract 37045951000 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Shelby at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shelby eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Shelby
Top eight tracts in Shelby ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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