Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37071033310 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37071033310 · Gaston County, NC · pop 2,311
Tract 37071033310 covers Gaston in North Carolina. Home to 2,311 residents, it scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 28% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 21% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $857 a month while the average household earns $84,940 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units901
Renter share31.9%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate18.7%
Median income$84,940
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gaston County and the region
Centroid at 35.1905, -81.1871 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37071033310 scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
18.7% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$857 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 37071033310 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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.
- 15.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.1%Food insecurity
- 16.0%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37071033310
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by North Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Gaston County average of 5.5 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 64th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37071033310
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37071033310?
Census tract 37071033310 in Gaston County scores 3.6/10 (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 37071033310?
Median gross rent is $857/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37071033310?
18.7% of residents in tract 37071033310 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,311.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37071033310?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 73th, minority 69th, housing 43th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37071033310 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.1% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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