Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 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

Valley Hill is where census tract 37089931600 sits, home to 4,897 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.5/10. That is riskier than roughly 56% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $992 a month against an average household income of $59,907 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.3

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.

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 3.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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 by year 2002 to 2016

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

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.6/10. 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 Valley Hill, 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 in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 323 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 3.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.9% of renter households in 2016.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 50th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 37089931600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37089931600?

Census tract 37089931600 in Valley Hill 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 37089931600 compare to Valley Hill overall?

Tract 37089931600 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Valley Hill at 2.1/10. 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org