Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Mooresville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37097061304 · Iredell County, NC · pop 5,679 · 63% of tract blocks fall in Mooresville
Tract 37097061304 sits in Mooresville eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. Population here is 5,679. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.6/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,363
Renter share37.2%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$81,058
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mooresville and the region
Centroid at 35.6155, -80.8374 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mooresville scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,366 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 185Total filings over 3 yrs
- 26.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 36.6%Peak (2003)
- 57Filings 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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.4%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mooresville
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against Iredell County at 34.7%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Average gross rent is $1,366, 16% below the Mooresville average. The filing record is not thin: 185 evictions over 3 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 36.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 26.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Iredell County average of 4.2 closely.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $81,058.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37097061304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097061304?
Census tract 37097061304 in Mooresville scores 3.7/10 (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 37097061304?
Median gross rent is $1,366/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37097061304?
6.0% of residents in tract 37097061304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,679.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37097061304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 29th, minority 43th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37097061304?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 185 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 37097061304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.29% of renter households, peaking at 36.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37097061304 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37097061304 compare to Mooresville overall?
Tract 37097061304 scores 3.7/10, 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.
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