Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Mills River Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089930702 · Henderson County, NC · pop 4,650 · 63% of tract blocks fall in Mills River
With a score of 3/10, tract 37089930702 in Mills River, NC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,650. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.3/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,705
Renter share18.2%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$84,145
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
14
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 35.3737, -82.6145 · 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
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,081 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 106Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2002)
- 9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mills River
At $1,081 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Mills River commands. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.1/10.
Cost burden runs 32% here against 38.4% across Henderson County. Against the Henderson County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
Court records carry 106 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 8%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Filings peaked in 2002 at 6.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37089930702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089930702?
Census tract 37089930702 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 37089930702?
Median gross rent is $1,081/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089930702?
5.3% of residents in tract 37089930702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,650.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089930702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 23th, minority 15th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089930702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 106 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37089930702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.03% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37089930702 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37089930702 compare to Mills River overall?
Tract 37089930702 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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