Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
High Shoals Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37071030401 · Gaston County, NC · pop 4,302 · 16% of tract blocks fall in High Shoals
Census tract 37071030401 runs through High Shoals. With 4,302 residents, it scores 4.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 28% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 19% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $776 a month while the average household earns $70,769 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,707
Renter share12.4%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$70,769
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across High Shoals and the region
Centroid at 35.3760, -81.2292 · click any tract to drill in
Why High Shoals scores 3.4
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
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$776 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: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 147Total filings over 12 yrs
- 4.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.3%Peak (2008)
- 9Filings 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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.3%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in High Shoals
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 High Shoals, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Gaston County average of 5.5 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 147 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 4.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.3% of renter households in 2008.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071030401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071030401?
Census tract 37071030401 in High Shoals scores 3.4/10 (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 37071030401?
Median gross rent is $776/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071030401?
6.9% of residents in tract 37071030401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,302.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071030401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 21th, minority 2th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071030401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 147 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071030401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.37% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071030401 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071030401 compare to High Shoals overall?
Tract 37071030401 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of High Shoals at 2.6/10. 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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