Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Belmont Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37071032405 · Gaston County, NC · pop 3,389 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Belmont
Belmont anchors census tract 37071032405, which lands at 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #30,385 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
73% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $133,185 a year. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,137
Renter share8.7%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate1.0%
Median income$133,185
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Belmont and the region
Centroid at 35.2080, -81.0336 · click any tract to drill in
Why Belmont scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Belmont
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
1.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Belmont
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Belmont
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Belmont
5.5
How Belmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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.
- 6.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.0%Food insecurity
- 3.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 21.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Belmont
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. 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 Belmont, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Gaston County average of 5.5 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071032405
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071032405?
Census tract 37071032405 in Belmont scores 1.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 37071032405?
1.0% of residents in tract 37071032405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,389.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071032405?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 18th, minority 23th, housing 6th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 37071032405 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.0% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 37071032405 compare to Belmont overall?
Tract 37071032405 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Belmont at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Belmont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Belmont
Top eight tracts in Belmont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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