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Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Bessemer City Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37071030503 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,049 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Bessemer City

Tract 37071030503 sits in Bessemer City, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. It is home to 2,049 residents. 48% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 3% Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units865
Renter share6.0%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate19.0%
Median income$43,819

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Bessemer City
Elevated
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#31 of 85 tracts In Gaston County
Elevated
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#864 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
National
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#41,206 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bessemer City and the region

Centroid at 35.3226, -81.3418 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bessemer City scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bessemer City
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
19.0% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$631 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bessemer City
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bessemer City
2.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bessemer City
2.4

How Bessemer City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bessemer City risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.5This tracttract 0305033.3Bessemer Cityparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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

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 Bessemer City

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.4/10. At $631 a month, rents run 40% under what the rest of Bessemer City commands.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Cost burden runs about half here against 40.3% across Gaston County. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 6% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $43,819, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

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 37071030503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071030503?

Census tract 37071030503 in Bessemer City scores 4.5/10 (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 37071030503?

Median gross rent is $631/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37071030503?

19.0% of residents in tract 37071030503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,049.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37071030503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 8th, minority 12th, housing 8th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 37071030503 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.0% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 37071030503 compare to Bessemer City overall?

Tract 37071030503 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Bessemer City at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bessemer City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bessemer City

Top eight tracts in Bessemer City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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