Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Gastonia Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37071031500 · Gaston County, NC · pop 4,013 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Gastonia
Census tract 37071031500 covers part of Gastonia, NC, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,013 residents. 60% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Gaston County average of 40.3%.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,435
Renter share70.4%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate37.4%
Median income$29,254
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gastonia and the region
Centroid at 35.2870, -81.2129 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gastonia scores 5.5
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
37.4% poverty · this tract
9.4
Supply constraint
$941 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: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 1,627Total filings over 12 yrs
- 18.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.5%Peak (2016)
- 161Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 40% 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.
- 28.9%Housing insecurity
- 22.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.4%Food insecurity
- 44.3%SNAP enrollment
- 21.0%Transit barriers
- 20.1%No health insurance
- 23.0%Frequent mental distress
- 48.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gastonia
SNAP participation runs 44.3% against 15.2% nationally. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9.4/10.
The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Set annual rent against average income of $29,254 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 48.3% against 31.5% nationally. This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Against the Gaston County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Average gross rent is $941, 22% below the Gastonia average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,627 filings here across 12 tracked years.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071031500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071031500?
Census tract 37071031500 in Gastonia scores 5.5/10 (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 37071031500?
Median gross rent is $941/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071031500?
37.4% of residents in tract 37071031500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,013.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071031500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 93th, minority 70th, housing 91th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071031500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,627 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071031500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.74% of renter households, peaking at 21.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071031500 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.9% 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. 22.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071031500 compare to Gastonia overall?
Tract 37071031500 scores 5.5/10, 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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