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Neighborhood · Charlotte, NC

Davis Lake Eviction Risk: Lower

2 census tracts · pop 8,279 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.6/10 · range 3–4.3

Davis Lake is a 2-tract neighborhood of Charlotte, NC and houses 8,279 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.6/10, Lower tier. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.1/10.

Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 22%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 4.3, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.

Cost burden runs 35% against 29.9% citywide, putting Davis Lake 5.5% over its own city. Court records carry 1,374 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.8/10.

At $1,411 a month, rents sit 12% under what the rest of Charlotte commands. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 23.5% of renter households. Among the 111 mapped neighborhoods of Charlotte, it ranks #78 by risk, the lower third.

Judgments average 4.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are South End and Highland Creek. Rent takes 20% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 3.6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Davis Lake vs Charlotte How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
35.4% +18%
Charlotte: 29.9%
Average gross rent
$1,411 -12%
Charlotte: $1,612
Average HH income
$85,232 +9%
Charlotte: $78,438
Poverty rate
3.8% -67%
Charlotte: 11.7%
Renter share
39.7% -19%
Charlotte: 49.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Davis Lake and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 3–4.3

Why Davis Lake scores 3.6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.3–2.3 across tracts
2.3
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Rent control risk
35% of income on rent · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
40% renter households · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Economic stress
3.8% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.3 across tracts
1.1
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.7–2.8 across tracts
2.8
Risk score comparison

Davis Lake vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Davis Lake score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.6Davis LakeNeighborhood4.0Parent cityhost city3.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Davis Lake

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
37119005511 4.3 3,973 60% $1,396
37119005508 3 4,306 13% $1,424
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 34

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 28%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 39%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 76%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 43%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Davis Lake

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,374Total filings (sum)
  • 22.65%Avg annual filing rate
  • 23.5%Peak year (2016)
  • 18.68%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Davis Lake

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Davis Lake

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Davis Lake?

Davis Lake scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Davis Lake compare to Charlotte overall?

Davis Lake scores 0.4 points lower than Charlotte overall (4/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,411 vs $1,612.
Q3

What is the average rent in Davis Lake?

Average gross rent in Davis Lake is $1,411/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Davis Lake residents are renters?

40% of Davis Lake households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Charlotte). The neighborhood has 8,279 residents.
Q5

Is Davis Lake a high social-vulnerability area?

Davis Lake sits in the 34th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Davis Lake have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Davis Lake is census tract 37119005511 (score 4.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.3, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7

How safe is Davis Lake for landlords?

Davis Lake carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Charlotte as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Davis Lake?

Davis Lake has 7,739 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (53.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (35.2%), Hispanic / Latino (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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