Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Kings Mountain Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37071031706 · Gaston County, NC · pop 1,277 · 23% of tract blocks fall in Kings Mountain
Tract 37071031706 sits in Kings Mountain, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 1,277. Against Gaston County at 40.3%, 24% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units510
Renter share30.4%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate25.4%
Median income$40,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kings Mountain and the region
Centroid at 35.2127, -81.2998 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kings Mountain scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kings Mountain
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
25.4% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$643 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kings Mountain
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kings Mountain
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kings Mountain
8.9
How Kings Mountain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%Housing & transportation
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.
- 14.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.6%Food insecurity
- 19.9%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 41.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kings Mountain
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.3/10. At $643 a month, rents run 33% under what the rest of Kings Mountain commands.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Gaston County average of 4.0.
The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 7.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $40,625.
30% 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 37071031706
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071031706?
Census tract 37071031706 in Kings Mountain 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 37071031706?
Median gross rent is $643/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071031706?
25.4% of residents in tract 37071031706 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,277.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071031706?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 93th, minority 25th, housing 40th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37071031706 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.5% 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.
Q6
How does tract 37071031706 compare to Kings Mountain overall?
Tract 37071031706 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Kings Mountain at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kings Mountain; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kings Mountain
Top eight tracts in Kings Mountain ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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