Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Valley Hill Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37089931600 · Henderson County, NC · pop 4,897 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Valley Hill
Tract 37089931600 sits in Valley Hill, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. It is home to 4,897 residents. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Henderson County average of 38.4%.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,150
Renter share26.5%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$59,907
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Valley Hill and the region
Centroid at 35.2896, -82.4867 · click any tract to drill in
Why Valley Hill scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Valley Hill
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$992 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Valley Hill
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Valley Hill
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Valley Hill
6.8
How Valley Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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)
- 323Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2016)
- 36Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 57% 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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Valley Hill
Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.6/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. The filing record is not thin: 323 evictions over 15 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when 4.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10.
It tracks the Henderson County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $992, close to the Valley Hill average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $59,907.
27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37089931600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089931600?
Census tract 37089931600 in Valley Hill scores 3.8/10 (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 37089931600?
Median gross rent is $992/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37089931600?
12.8% of residents in tract 37089931600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,897.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37089931600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 63th, minority 13th, housing 64th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37089931600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 323 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37089931600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.59% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37089931600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37089931600 compare to Valley Hill overall?
Tract 37089931600 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Valley Hill at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Valley Hill; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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