Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Cherryville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37071030501 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,817 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Cherryville
For landlords sizing up Cherryville in Gaston County, census tract 37071030501 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. That is riskier than about 35% of US census tracts.
31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $913 monthly, set against $69,924 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units967
Renter share20.7%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$69,924
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cherryville and the region
Centroid at 35.3901, -81.2927 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cherryville scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cherryville
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cherryville
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cherryville
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cherryville
5.2
How Cherryville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 191Total filings over 12 yrs
- 8.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.2%Peak (2006)
- 10Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% 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
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 13.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 34.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cherryville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.9/10. 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 Cherryville, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 191 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 8.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.2% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071030501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071030501?
Census tract 37071030501 in Cherryville scores 3.6/10 (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 37071030501?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071030501?
11.4% of residents in tract 37071030501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,817.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071030501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 30th, minority 22th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071030501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 191 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071030501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.09% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071030501 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071030501 compare to Cherryville overall?
Tract 37071030501 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Cherryville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cherryville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cherryville
Top eight tracts in Cherryville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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