Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Gastonia Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37071031401 · Gaston County, NC · pop 3,008
With a score of 4.7/10, tract 37071031401 in Gastonia, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,008. Cost burden runs 17% here against 40.3% across Gaston County.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,147
Renter share50.0%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$59,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gastonia and the region
Centroid at 35.2842, -81.1663 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gastonia scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gastonia
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,103 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gastonia
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gastonia
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gastonia
6.8
How Gastonia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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)
- 1,071Total filings over 12 yrs
- 30.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 99.4%Peak (2006)
- 85Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 28% 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.
- 16.9%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.5%Food insecurity
- 16.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.8%Transit barriers
- 14.2%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 34.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gastonia
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.
The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Court records carry 1,071 eviction filings across 12 observed years.
It sits 0.7 points above the Gaston County average of 4.0. Filings peaked in 2006 at 99.4% of renter households. At $1,103 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Gastonia commands.
In a typical year about 30.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $59,583.
50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071031401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071031401?
Census tract 37071031401 in Gastonia scores 4.7/10 (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 37071031401?
Median gross rent is $1,103/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071031401?
16.7% of residents in tract 37071031401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,008.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071031401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 99th, minority 65th, housing 73th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071031401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,071 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071031401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.65% of renter households, peaking at 99.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071031401 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.9% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071031401 compare to Gastonia overall?
Tract 37071031401 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Gastonia at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gastonia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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