Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Fruitland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089930401 · Henderson County, NC · pop 2,635 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Fruitland
Census tract 37089930401 covers Fruitland, home to 2,635 residents. For landlords it grades 3.9/10, a lower reading. That is riskier than about 10% of US census tracts.
About 12% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $776 monthly, set against $56,059 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,142
Renter share11.6%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$56,059
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fruitland and the region
Centroid at 35.3855, -82.4376 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fruitland scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fruitland
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$776 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fruitland
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fruitland
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fruitland
5.6
How Fruitland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 132Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.7%Peak (2004)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 140% over the past 15 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.2%Food insecurity
- 11.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fruitland
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength 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 inherited from Fruitland, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Henderson County average of 4.8 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 132 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 4.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.7% of renter households in 2004.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 50th 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 37089930401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089930401?
Census tract 37089930401 in Fruitland scores 3.2/10 (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 37089930401?
Median gross rent is $776/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089930401?
6.8% of residents in tract 37089930401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,635.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089930401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 90th, minority 34th, housing 19th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089930401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 132 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37089930401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.47% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37089930401 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37089930401 compare to Fruitland overall?
Tract 37089930401 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Fruitland at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fruitland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fruitland
Top eight tracts in Fruitland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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