Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
High Shoals Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37071030301 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,523 · 22% of tract blocks fall in High Shoals
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 37071030301 in High Shoals, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,523. Cost burden runs roughly one in eight here against 40.3% across Gaston County.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,049
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$71,594
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across High Shoals and the region
Centroid at 35.3793, -81.1865 · click any tract to drill in
Why High Shoals scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from High Shoals
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$737 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from High Shoals
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from High Shoals
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from High Shoals
6.2
How High Shoals compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 231Total filings over 12 yrs
- 6.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.2%Peak (2014)
- 23Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.0%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in High Shoals
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $737, 24% below the High Shoals average. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 231 filings here across 12 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 16.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 7.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5/10. Against average income of $71,594, annual rent is just 12%. It tracks the Gaston County average of 4.0 closely.
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 37071030301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071030301?
Census tract 37071030301 in High Shoals scores 4.4/10 (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 37071030301?
Median gross rent is $737/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071030301?
14.0% of residents in tract 37071030301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,523.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071030301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 29th, minority 16th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071030301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 231 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071030301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.96% of renter households, peaking at 16.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071030301 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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 37071030301 compare to High Shoals overall?
Tract 37071030301 scores 4.4/10, right in line with the parent city of High Shoals at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from High Shoals; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in High Shoals
Top eight tracts in High Shoals ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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