Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Springdale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37071031402 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,461 · 46% of tract blocks fall in Springdale
Census tract 37071031402 sits in Springdale in Gaston County, North Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
35% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,172 a month against an average household income of $65,458 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 18% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units950
Renter share17.6%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate14.3%
Median income$65,458
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
55
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Springdale and the region
Centroid at 35.2955, -81.1490 · click any tract to drill in
Why Springdale scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Springdale
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
14.3% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,172 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Springdale
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Springdale
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Springdale
5.4
How Springdale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 130Total filings over 12 yrs
- 4.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2005)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 78% 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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.8%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 34.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Springdale
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 5.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Springdale, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Gaston County average of 5.5 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071031402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071031402?
Census tract 37071031402 in Springdale scores 3.9/10 (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 37071031402?
Median gross rent is $1,172/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071031402?
14.3% of residents in tract 37071031402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,461.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071031402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 89th, minority 24th, housing 10th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071031402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 130 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071031402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.62% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071031402 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071031402 compare to Springdale overall?
Tract 37071031402 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Springdale at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Springdale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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