Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37097060902 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37097060902 · Iredell County, NC · pop 3,556
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 37097060902 (Iredell in Iredell County, North Carolina) comes in at 4.4/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 25% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $838 monthly, set against $58,231 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,487
Renter share23.2%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$58,231
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Iredell County and the region
Centroid at 35.9245, -80.9374 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37097060902 scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$838 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Tract 37097060902 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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)
- 57Total filings over 3 yrs
- 10.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.5%Peak (2002)
- 16Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 34.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37097060902
What moves this score most 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 Iredell County average of 5.1 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 57 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 10.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.5% of renter households in 2002.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37097060902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097060902?
Census tract 37097060902 in Iredell County scores 3.4/10 (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 37097060902?
Median gross rent is $838/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37097060902?
8.1% of residents in tract 37097060902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,556.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37097060902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 44th, minority 18th, housing 22th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37097060902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 37097060902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.48% of renter households, peaking at 14.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37097060902 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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