Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Fletcher Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089930502 · Henderson County, NC · pop 5,081 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Fletcher
Fletcher is where census tract 37089930502 sits, home to 5,081 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.7/10. On the national scale it ranks #60,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
62% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,003 monthly, set against $65,096 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,001
Renter share14.8%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$65,096
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fletcher and the region
Centroid at 35.4298, -82.4592 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fletcher scores 2.9
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
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,003 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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)
- 259Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.1%Peak (2002)
- 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 79% 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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fletcher
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 4.3/10. 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 Fletcher, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 259 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 5.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.1% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37089930502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089930502?
Census tract 37089930502 in Fletcher scores 2.9/10 (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 37089930502?
Median gross rent is $1,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089930502?
8.5% of residents in tract 37089930502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,081.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089930502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 82th, minority 20th, housing 16th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089930502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 259 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37089930502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.60% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37089930502 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37089930502 compare to Fletcher overall?
Tract 37089930502 scores 2.9/10, higher than the parent city of Fletcher at 2.4/10. 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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