Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Gastonia Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37071032506 · Gaston County, NC · pop 3,707
Census tract 37071032506 covers part of Gastonia, NC, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,707 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,720
Renter share65.9%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$65,991
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gastonia and the region
Centroid at 35.2306, -81.1233 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gastonia scores 4.5
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
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,154 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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)
- 4,240Total filings over 12 yrs
- 43.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 74.7%Peak (2005)
- 288Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% 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.
- 16.1%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.6%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gastonia
53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Gaston County average of 40.3%. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
The filing record is not thin: 4,240 evictions over 12 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2005, when 74.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 43.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Gaston County average of 4.0 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071032506
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071032506?
Census tract 37071032506 in Gastonia scores 4.5/10 (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 37071032506?
Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071032506?
16.1% of residents in tract 37071032506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,707.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071032506?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 17th, minority 61th, housing 50th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071032506?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4,240 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071032506 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 43.03% of renter households, peaking at 74.7% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071032506 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.1% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071032506 compare to Gastonia overall?
Tract 37071032506 scores 4.5/10, 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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