Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Mooresville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37097061503 · Iredell County, NC · pop 4,741 · 73% of tract blocks fall in Mooresville
With a score of 4.3/10, tract 37097061503 in Mooresville, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,741 residents. Against Iredell County at 34.7%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,965
Renter share25.7%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate12.6%
Median income$84,219
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mooresville and the region
Centroid at 35.5583, -80.7961 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mooresville scores 4.3
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
12.6% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,061 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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)
- 84Total filings over 3 yrs
- 11.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.9%Peak (2005)
- 33Filings 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mooresville
Average gross rent is $1,061, 35% below the Mooresville average. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.6/10.
Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 84 evictions over 3 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2005, when 12.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 11.4% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.7/10.
Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $84,219, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 37097061503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097061503?
Census tract 37097061503 in Mooresville scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 37097061503?
Median gross rent is $1,061/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37097061503?
12.6% of residents in tract 37097061503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,741.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37097061503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 16th, minority 35th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37097061503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 84 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 37097061503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.42% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37097061503 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37097061503 compare to Mooresville overall?
Tract 37097061503 scores 4.3/10, higher 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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Top eight tracts in Mooresville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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