Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Gastonia Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37071032507 · Gaston County, NC · pop 4,045 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Gastonia
Census tract 37071032507 belongs to Gastonia, North Carolina. It is home to 4,045 residents and scores 5.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #24,447 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,402 a month against an average household income of $104,891 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,552
Renter share13.3%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate1.0%
Median income$104,891
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gastonia and the region
Centroid at 35.2290, -81.1065 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gastonia scores 2.7
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
1.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,402 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 310Total filings over 12 yrs
- 16.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 33.6%Peak (2010)
- 26Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gastonia
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Gastonia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 310 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 16.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 33.6% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071032507
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071032507?
Census tract 37071032507 in Gastonia scores 2.7/10 (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 37071032507?
Median gross rent is $1,402/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071032507?
1.0% of residents in tract 37071032507 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,045.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071032507?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 15th, minority 47th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071032507?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 310 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071032507 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.38% of renter households, peaking at 33.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37071032507 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37071032507 compare to Gastonia overall?
Tract 37071032507 scores 2.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Gastonia at 2.7/10. 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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