Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Ranlo Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37071031301 · Gaston County, NC · pop 4,461 · 58% of tract blocks fall in Ranlo
Census tract 37071031301 covers part of Ranlo, NC, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,461. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,652
Renter share41.5%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$72,472
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ranlo and the region
Centroid at 35.2926, -81.1207 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ranlo scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ranlo
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,531 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ranlo
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ranlo
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ranlo
4.7
How Ranlo 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.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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)
- 436Total filings over 12 yrs
- 9.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.5%Peak (2006)
- 36Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 14.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.5%Food insecurity
- 14.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 11.4%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ranlo
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.3/10. Against Gaston County at 40.3%, 50% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
At $1,531 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Ranlo commands. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
It sits 0.9 points below the Gaston County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 436 filings here across 12 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 17.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 9.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
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 37071031301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071031301?
Census tract 37071031301 in Ranlo scores 3.1/10 (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 37071031301?
Median gross rent is $1,531/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071031301?
5.2% of residents in tract 37071031301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,461.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071031301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 87th, minority 63th, housing 22th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071031301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 436 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071031301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.39% of renter households, peaking at 17.5% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071031301 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.9% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071031301 compare to Ranlo overall?
Tract 37071031301 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Ranlo at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ranlo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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