Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Ashley Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Bessemer City
Tract 37071030802 · Gaston County, NC · pop 3,928 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 37071030802 sits in the Ashley Park area of Bessemer City, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. Population here is 3,928. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,756
Renter share51.0%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate13.2%
Median income$43,910
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bessemer City and the region
Centroid at 35.3026, -81.2631 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ashley Park scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
13.2% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$873 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 Ashley Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 873Total filings over 12 yrs
- 13.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.5%Peak (2006)
- 55Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 12 months.
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.
- 18.2%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.9%Food insecurity
- 25.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 15.0%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 41.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ashley Park
29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Gaston County average of 40.3%.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. SNAP participation runs 25.0% against 15.2% nationally. At $873 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Bessemer City commands.
The filing record is not thin: 873 evictions over 12 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 25.9% against 17.8% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 24.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 13.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071030802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071030802?
Census tract 37071030802 in the Ashley Park neighborhood scores 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 37071030802?
Median gross rent is $873/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071030802?
13.2% of residents in tract 37071030802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,928.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071030802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 25th, minority 36th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 37071030802 considered part of Ashley Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37071030802 fall within Ashley Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071030802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 873 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071030802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.49% of renter households, peaking at 24.5% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37071030802 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.2% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37071030802 compare to Bessemer City overall?
Tract 37071030802 scores 4/10, 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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