Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Troutman Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37097061302 · Iredell County, NC · pop 5,102 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Troutman
Tract 37097061302 sits in Troutman, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 5,102 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,078
Renter share17.8%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$81,466
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Troutman and the region
Centroid at 35.6738, -80.8101 · click any tract to drill in
Why Troutman scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Troutman
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,122 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Troutman
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Troutman
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Troutman
3.4
How Troutman compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 63Total filings over 3 yrs
- 12.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.7%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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Troutman
Against Iredell County at 34.7%, 23% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.
Against the Iredell County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 63 evictions over 3 years of observation.
Severe burden reaches 8%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $1,122, 13% below the Troutman average. Filings peaked in 2002 at 25.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 12.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 18% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 4.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37097061302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097061302?
Census tract 37097061302 in Troutman scores 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 37097061302?
Median gross rent is $1,122/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37097061302?
3.6% of residents in tract 37097061302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,102.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37097061302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 58th, minority 29th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37097061302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 63 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 37097061302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.58% of renter households, peaking at 25.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37097061302 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37097061302 compare to Troutman overall?
Tract 37097061302 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Troutman at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Troutman; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Troutman
Top eight tracts in Troutman ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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