Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Fletcher Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089930501 · Henderson County, NC · pop 5,120 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Fletcher
Census tract 37089930501 covers part of Fletcher, NC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. 25% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Henderson County average of 38.4%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,979
Renter share26.8%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$91,524
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fletcher and the region
Centroid at 35.3973, -82.4940 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fletcher scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fletcher
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,279 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fletcher
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fletcher
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fletcher
3.4
How Fletcher compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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)
- 282Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2006)
- 19Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fletcher
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10.
It sits 1.0 points below the Henderson County average of 4.0. SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 282 evictions over 15 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally. The severe-burden share is 8%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
At $1,279 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Fletcher commands. Filings peaked in 2006 at 6.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $91,524, annual rent is just 17%.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 37089930501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089930501?
Census tract 37089930501 in Fletcher scores 3/10 (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 37089930501?
Median gross rent is $1,279/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089930501?
6.2% of residents in tract 37089930501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,120.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089930501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 48th, minority 29th, housing 92th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089930501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 282 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37089930501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.41% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37089930501 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37089930501 compare to Fletcher overall?
Tract 37089930501 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Fletcher at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fletcher; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fletcher
Top eight tracts in Fletcher ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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