Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Patterson Springs Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37045951602 · Cleveland County, NC · pop 4,252 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Patterson Springs
Census tract 37045951602 belongs to Patterson Springs in Cleveland County, North Carolina. It is home to 4,252 residents and scores 6.6/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 88% of US census tracts.
70% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $791 a month while the average household earns $48,462 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,706
Renter share33.8%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate22.8%
Median income$48,462
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Patterson Springs and the region
Centroid at 35.2305, -81.5041 · click any tract to drill in
Why Patterson Springs scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Patterson Springs
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
22.8% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$791 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Patterson Springs
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Patterson Springs
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Patterson Springs
9.1
How Patterson Springs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 1,474Total filings over 16 yrs
- 17.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 31.8%Peak (2002)
- 87Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% 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.
- 14.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.3%Food insecurity
- 17.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Patterson Springs
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.5/10. 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 Patterson Springs, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cleveland County average of 5.7 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,474 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 17.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 31.8% of renter households in 2002.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 37045951602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37045951602?
Census tract 37045951602 in Patterson Springs scores 5.1/10 (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 37045951602?
Median gross rent is $791/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37045951602?
22.8% of residents in tract 37045951602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,252.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37045951602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 73th, minority 30th, housing 74th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37045951602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,474 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37045951602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.76% of renter households, peaking at 31.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37045951602 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.3% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37045951602 compare to Patterson Springs overall?
Tract 37045951602 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Patterson Springs at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Patterson Springs; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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