Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
The Boardwalk Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dallas
Tract 37071030901 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,819 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 37071030901 covers part of the The Boardwalk area of Dallas, NC, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,225
Renter share37.6%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$53,477
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dallas and the region
Centroid at 35.3123, -81.1811 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Boardwalk scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dallas
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$821 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dallas
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dallas
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dallas
6.3
How The Boardwalk compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 300Total filings over 12 yrs
- 6.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2014)
- 29Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 11.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Boardwalk
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. Cost burden runs 46% here against 40.3% across Gaston County.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 300 filings here across 12 tracked years. 9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Filings peaked in 2014 at 6.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. It tracks the Gaston County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $821, close to the Dallas average. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $53,477.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071030901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071030901?
Census tract 37071030901 in the The Boardwalk neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 37071030901?
Median gross rent is $821/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071030901?
14.6% of residents in tract 37071030901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,819.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071030901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 71th, minority 53th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 37071030901 considered part of The Boardwalk?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37071030901 fall within The Boardwalk (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071030901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 300 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071030901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.73% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37071030901 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37071030901 compare to Dallas overall?
Tract 37071030901 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Dallas at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dallas; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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