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Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally

Boiling Springs Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37045951503 · Cleveland County, NC · pop 2,463 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Boiling Springs

Tract 37045951503, home to 2,463 residents in Boiling Springs, scores 5.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 45% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $851 monthly, set against $70,377 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 11% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units866
Renter share19.2%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$70,377

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Boiling Springs
Very High
Within county
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 24 tracts In Cleveland County
Very Low
Within state
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#1,623 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
National
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#53,267 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Boiling Springs and the region

Centroid at 35.2344, -81.6219 · click any tract to drill in

Why Boiling Springs scores 3.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Boiling Springs
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$851 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Boiling Springs
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Boiling Springs
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Boiling Springs
3.0

How Boiling Springs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Boiling Springs risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.33.3This tracttract 951503Boiling Springs: 2.52.5Boiling Springsparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 171Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 6.57%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.3%Peak (2002)
  • 9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 370459515032002: 21 filings (16.34/100 renter HHs)2003: 16 filings (12.45/100 renter HHs)2004: 10 filings (7.78/100 renter HHs)2005: 10 filings (5.68/100 renter HHs)2006: 14 filings (7.95/100 renter HHs)2008: 9 filings (5.11/100 renter HHs)2009: 15 filings (8.52/100 renter HHs)2010: 8 filings (4.17/100 renter HHs)2011: 8 filings (4.19/100 renter HHs)2012: 11 filings (5.76/100 renter HHs)2013: 8 filings (4.19/100 renter HHs)2014: 4 filings (2.09/100 renter HHs)2015: 12 filings (6.28/100 renter HHs)2016: 7 filings (4.09/100 renter HHs)2017: 9 filings (5.26/100 renter HHs)2018: 9 filings (5.26/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 57% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Boiling Springs

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 4.8/10. 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 Boiling Springs, 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 171 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 6.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 16.3% of renter households in 2002.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 37045951503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37045951503?

Census tract 37045951503 in Boiling Springs scores 3.3/10 (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 37045951503?

Median gross rent is $851/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37045951503?

13.5% of residents in tract 37045951503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,463.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37045951503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 74th, minority 25th, housing 66th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37045951503?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 171 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37045951503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.57% of renter households, peaking at 16.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37045951503 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37045951503 compare to Boiling Springs overall?

Tract 37045951503 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Boiling Springs at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Boiling Springs; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Boiling Springs

Top eight tracts in Boiling Springs ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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