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Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Mooresville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37097061604 · Iredell County, NC · pop 1,461 · 60% of tract blocks fall in Mooresville

37097061604 is a census tract in Mooresville, NC. It scores 4/10 for landlords. 81% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 1% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units582
Renter share13.2%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$107,983

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 16 tracts In Mooresville
High
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 46 tracts In Iredell County
Moderate
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#1,182 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
National
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#48,956 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mooresville and the region

Centroid at 35.5463, -80.8090 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mooresville scores 4

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
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,421 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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 / state4.0This tracttract 0616044.0Mooresvilleparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 35

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

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

Against Iredell County at 34.7%, 91% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.6/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10.

Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.5% against 15.2% nationally.

At $1,421 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Mooresville commands. Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 13% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.1/10.

Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $107,983, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 37097061604

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097061604?

Census tract 37097061604 in Mooresville scores 4/10 (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 37097061604?

Median gross rent is $1,421/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 91% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37097061604?

16.5% of residents in tract 37097061604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,461.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37097061604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 48th, minority 22th, housing 70th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 37097061604 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 37097061604 compare to Mooresville overall?

Tract 37097061604 scores 4/10, right in line with 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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