Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Etowah Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089930703 · Henderson County, NC · pop 6,100 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Etowah
37089930703 is a census tract in Etowah, NC. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,100. Cost burden runs 66% here against 38.4% across Henderson County.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,582
Renter share12.4%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$68,112
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Etowah and the region
Centroid at 35.3283, -82.5949 · click any tract to drill in
Why Etowah scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Etowah
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,551 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Etowah
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Etowah
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Etowah
6.2
How Etowah compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 219Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.8%Peak (2016)
- 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 85% 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 35.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Etowah
Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 2.1/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.7/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 219 filings here across 15 tracked years.
Against the Henderson County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Average gross rent is $1,551, 10% above the Etowah average. The worst year on record was 2016, when 7.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37089930703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089930703?
Census tract 37089930703 in Etowah scores 3.3/10 (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 37089930703?
Median gross rent is $1,551/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089930703?
10.9% of residents in tract 37089930703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,100.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089930703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 85th, minority 24th, housing 31th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089930703?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 219 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37089930703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.53% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37089930703 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37089930703 compare to Etowah overall?
Tract 37089930703 scores 3.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Etowah at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Etowah; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Etowah
Top eight tracts in Etowah ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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