Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Mountain Home Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089930800 · Henderson County, NC · pop 5,440 · 66% of tract blocks fall in Mountain Home
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 37089930800 (Mountain Home, North Carolina) comes in at 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #30,398 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 56% of renter households, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,212 monthly, set against $73,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,141
Renter share28.2%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$73,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mountain Home and the region
Centroid at 35.3723, -82.5041 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mountain Home scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mountain Home
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,212 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mountain Home
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mountain Home
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mountain Home
7.9
How Mountain Home compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 224Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.5%Peak (2008)
- 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mountain Home
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.5/10. 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 Mountain Home, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Henderson County average of 4.8 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 224 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 4.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.5% of renter households in 2008.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37089930800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089930800?
Census tract 37089930800 in Mountain Home scores 3.6/10 (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 37089930800?
Median gross rent is $1,212/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089930800?
10.0% of residents in tract 37089930800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,440.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089930800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 30th, minority 37th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089930800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 224 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37089930800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.50% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37089930800 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37089930800 compare to Mountain Home overall?
Tract 37089930800 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Mountain Home at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mountain Home; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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