Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Loray Mill Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gastonia
Tract 37071032900 · Gaston County, NC · pop 4,018 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 37071032900 covers part of the Loray Mill Historic District area of Gastonia, NC, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,018. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,407
Renter share58.8%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$56,719
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gastonia and the region
Centroid at 35.2529, -81.1971 · click any tract to drill in
Why Loray Mill Historic District scores 5.5
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
23.8% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,160 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Loray Mill Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 1,144Total filings over 12 yrs
- 18.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.3%Peak (2015)
- 98Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 20% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Loray Mill Historic District. 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.
- 18.2%Housing insecurity
- 12.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.7%Food insecurity
- 20.9%SNAP enrollment
- 11.8%Transit barriers
- 12.6%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Loray Mill Historic District
Cost burden runs 57% here against 40.3% across Gaston County. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. Against the Gaston County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.
The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 1,144 evictions over 12 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2015, when 19.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 18.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071032900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071032900?
Census tract 37071032900 in the Loray Mill Historic District neighborhood 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 37071032900?
Median gross rent is $1,160/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071032900?
23.8% of residents in tract 37071032900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,018.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071032900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 82th, minority 75th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 37071032900 considered part of Loray Mill Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37071032900 fall within Loray Mill Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37071032900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,144 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37071032900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.87% of renter households, peaking at 19.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37071032900 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.2% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37071032900 compare to Gastonia overall?
Tract 37071032900 scores 5.5/10, 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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/ 10 · Elevated
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