Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Fletcher Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089930600 · Henderson County, NC · pop 5,481 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Fletcher
Here is how census tract 37089930600, in Fletcher, looks to a landlord: a 4.2/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 5,481. That is riskier than roughly 16% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,268 a month against an average household income of $72,350 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,491
Renter share23.0%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$72,350
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fletcher and the region
Centroid at 35.4258, -82.5187 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fletcher scores 2.5
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
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,268 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 306Total filings over 15 yrs
- 7.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.8%Peak (2003)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%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 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37089930600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089930600?
Census tract 37089930600 in Fletcher scores 2.5/10 (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 37089930600?
Median gross rent is $1,268/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089930600?
5.4% of residents in tract 37089930600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,481.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089930600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 45th, minority 31th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089930600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 306 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37089930600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.97% of renter households, peaking at 19.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37089930600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37089930600 compare to Fletcher overall?
Tract 37089930600 scores 2.5/10, right in line with 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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