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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Mooresville Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37097061204 · Iredell County, NC · pop 4,396 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Mooresville

With a score of 3/10, tract 37097061204 in Mooresville, NC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,396. The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 10/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 3% Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,568
Renter share2.8%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$148,194

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 16 tracts In Mooresville
Low
Within county
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#37 of 46 tracts In Iredell County
Low
Within state
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#1,927 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mooresville and the region

Centroid at 35.6283, -80.9098 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mooresville scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mooresville
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,286 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mooresville
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mooresville
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mooresville
4.5

How Mooresville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mooresville risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0612044.0Mooresvilleparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 2

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 22Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 6.12%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.4%Peak (2002)
  • 1Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2005
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37097061204
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mooresville

The voucher gap is 64.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Average gross rent is $2,286, 41% above the Mooresville average. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. SNAP participation runs 3.6% against 15.2% nationally.

Against the Iredell County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Housing insecurity runs 5.3% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 22 filings here across 3 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2002 at 9.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 3% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 37097061204

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097061204?

Census tract 37097061204 in Mooresville 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 37097061204?

Median gross rent is $2,286/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37097061204?

2.1% of residents in tract 37097061204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,396.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37097061204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 9th, minority 17th, housing 5th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37097061204?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 37097061204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.12% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37097061204 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.3% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37097061204 compare to Mooresville overall?

Tract 37097061204 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Mooresville at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mooresville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mooresville

Top eight tracts in Mooresville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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