Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Mills River Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089930701 · Henderson County, NC · pop 3,575 · 71% of tract blocks fall in Mills River
Census tract 37089930701 covers part of Mills River, NC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,575. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,494
Renter share10.5%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$107,258
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mills River and the region
Centroid at 35.4214, -82.5983 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mills River scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mills River
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,895 rent vs county FMR
7.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mills River
2.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mills River
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mills River
2.3
How Mills River compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 27%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)
- 88Total filings over 14 yrs
- 3.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.8%Peak (2013)
- 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 400% 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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mills River
Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The voucher gap is 25.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. At $1,895 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of Mills River commands. Against Henderson County at 38.4%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Food insecurity runs 7.4% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Henderson County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Court records carry 88 eviction filings across 14 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 6.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37089930701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089930701?
Census tract 37089930701 in Mills River 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 37089930701?
Median gross rent is $1,895/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089930701?
1.3% of residents in tract 37089930701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,575.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089930701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 28th, minority 27th, housing 19th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089930701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 88 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 37089930701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.38% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37089930701 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37089930701 compare to Mills River overall?
Tract 37089930701 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Mills River at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mills River; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mills River
Top eight tracts in Mills River ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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