Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Gastonia Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37071032802 · Gaston County, NC · pop 3,755 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Gastonia

37071032802 is a census tract in Gastonia, NC. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,755 residents. The severe-burden share is 38%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 9% Owners 60%

Tract context

Occupied units1,649

Renter share40.0%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate15.7%

Median income$32,656

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gastonia and the region

Centroid at 35.2336, -81.1810 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gastonia scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

15.7% poverty · this tract

3.9

Supply constraint

$1,064 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: 87

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

93%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
61%Racial/ethnic minority
49%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.

15.7%Housing insecurity
10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
20.1%Food insecurity
17.4%SNAP enrollment
10.6%Transit barriers
13.0%No health insurance
17.7%Frequent mental distress
37.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gastonia

Against Gaston County at 40.3%, 77% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.

Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $32,656, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. Against the Gaston County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

At $1,064 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Gastonia commands. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10.

Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 40% 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 37071032802

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071032802?

Census tract 37071032802 in Gastonia scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37071032802?

Median gross rent is $1,064/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37071032802?

15.7% of residents in tract 37071032802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,755.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37071032802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 94th, minority 61th, housing 49th.

What share of households in tract 37071032802 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.7% 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.

How does tract 37071032802 compare to Gastonia overall?

Tract 37071032802 scores 5.4/10, 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gastonia

Top eight tracts in Gastonia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.