Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Berwick Downs Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089931500 · Henderson County, NC · pop 4,014 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
For landlords sizing up the Berwick Downs area of Henderson, census tract 37089931500 carries a lower eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. That is riskier than about 7% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 15% of renter households, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,198 a month against an average household income of $110,652 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,796
Renter share8.0%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$110,652
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Henderson County and the region
Centroid at 35.2522, -82.4613 · click any tract to drill in
Why Berwick Downs scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,198 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Berwick Downs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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)
- 93Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2008)
- 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
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.
- 4.0%Housing insecurity
- 2.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.2%Food insecurity
- 3.6%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 10.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Berwick Downs
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by North Carolina eviction laws law, 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 12th 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 4.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 37089931500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089931500?
Census tract 37089931500 in the Berwick Downs neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (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 37089931500?
Median gross rent is $1,198/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089931500?
6.8% of residents in tract 37089931500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,014.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089931500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 14th, minority 9th, housing 25th.
Q5
Is tract 37089931500 considered part of Berwick Downs?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37089931500 fall within Berwick Downs (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089931500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 93 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37089931500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.02% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37089931500 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.0% 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. 2.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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