Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Saluda Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37149920201 · Polk County, NC · pop 2,697 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Saluda
With a score of 3.7/10, tract 37149920201 in Saluda ranks in the Lower tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,697 residents. That is riskier than roughly 7% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 21% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $720 monthly, set against $86,361 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,052
Renter share4.5%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$86,361
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saluda and the region
Centroid at 35.3019, -82.2481 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saluda scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saluda
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$720 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saluda
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saluda
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saluda
8.6
How Saluda compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%Housing & transportation
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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 5.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saluda
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.5/10. 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 Saluda, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Polk County average of 4.3 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 44th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.2% 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 37149920201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37149920201?
Census tract 37149920201 in Saluda scores 3.5/10 (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 37149920201?
Median gross rent is $720/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37149920201?
4.9% of residents in tract 37149920201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,697.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37149920201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 48th, minority 38th, housing 53th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37149920201 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37149920201 compare to Saluda overall?
Tract 37149920201 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Saluda at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saluda; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Saluda
Top eight tracts in Saluda ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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