Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Mooresville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37097061404 · Iredell County, NC · pop 3,193 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Mooresville
With a score of 3.6/10, tract 37097061404 in Mooresville, NC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,193. Cost burden runs 54% here against 34.7% across Iredell County.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,605
Renter share54.4%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$78,775
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mooresville and the region
Centroid at 35.5519, -80.8682 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mooresville scores 3.6
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
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,873 rent vs county FMR
8.5
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: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 24Total filings over 3 yrs
- 8.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.3%Peak (2003)
- 8Filings 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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mooresville
The voucher gap is 35.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.1/10. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.1% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 7.8% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 24 filings here across 3 tracked years.
At $1,873 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Mooresville commands. It sits 0.6 points below the Iredell County average of 4.2. Filings peaked in 2003 at 10.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37097061404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097061404?
Census tract 37097061404 in Mooresville scores 3.6/10 (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 37097061404?
Median gross rent is $1,873/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37097061404?
4.3% of residents in tract 37097061404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,193.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37097061404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 16th, minority 39th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37097061404?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 37097061404 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.07% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37097061404 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37097061404 compare to Mooresville overall?
Tract 37097061404 scores 3.6/10, 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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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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