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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Dixon Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Belmont

Tract 37071031004 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,915 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 37071031004 covers part of the Dixon Village area of Belmont, NC, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 59% here against 40.3% across Gaston County.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 16% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,402
Renter share37.7%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate17.4%
Median income$42,283

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Dixon Village
Moderate
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Belmont
Elevated
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 85 tracts In Gaston County
High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#478 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Belmont and the region

Centroid at 35.2889, -81.0542 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dixon Village scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Belmont
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
17.4% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,074 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Belmont
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Belmont
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Belmont
5.5

How Dixon Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Dixon Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0310044.0Belmontparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

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)

  • 541Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 14.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.7%Peak (2010)
  • 45Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37071031004
Filings climbed 25% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dixon Village

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. At $1,074 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Belmont commands.

Against the Gaston County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Court records carry 541 eviction filings across 12 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2010 at 17.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 14.8% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $42,283.

38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 37071031004

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071031004?

Census tract 37071031004 in the Dixon Village neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 37071031004?

Median gross rent is $1,074/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37071031004?

17.4% of residents in tract 37071031004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,915.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37071031004?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 96th, minority 41th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 37071031004 considered part of Dixon Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37071031004 fall within Dixon Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071031004?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 541 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071031004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.76% of renter households, peaking at 17.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37071031004 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37071031004 compare to Belmont overall?

Tract 37071031004 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Belmont at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Belmont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Belmont

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

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