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Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Mooresville Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37097061501 · Iredell County, NC · pop 5,027 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Mooresville

In Mooresville, census tract 37097061501 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $973 monthly, set against $77,075 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 23% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,780
Renter share34.9%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$77,075

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 16 tracts In Mooresville
Very High
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 46 tracts In Iredell County
Moderate
Within state
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#1,960 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
National
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#61,757 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mooresville and the region

Centroid at 35.5995, -80.7927 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mooresville scores 2.8

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
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$973 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 / stateThis tract: 2.82.8This tracttract 061501Mooresville: 2.42.4Mooresvilleparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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)

  • 114Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 13.97%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.1%Peak (2002)
  • 23Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2005
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 370970615012002: 46 filings (17.10/100 renter HHs)2003: 45 filings (16.73/100 renter HHs)2005: 23 filings (8.09/100 renter HHs)
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

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Mooresville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Iredell County average of 5.1 and in line with 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 46th 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 10.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 37097061501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097061501?

Census tract 37097061501 in Mooresville scores 2.8/10 (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 37097061501?

Median gross rent is $973/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37097061501?

10.3% of residents in tract 37097061501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,027.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37097061501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 71th, minority 31th, housing 43th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37097061501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 114 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 37097061501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.97% of renter households, peaking at 17.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37097061501 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.8% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37097061501 compare to Mooresville overall?

Tract 37097061501 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Mooresville at 2.4/10. 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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