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Devonshire Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charlotte

Tract 37119001508 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 6,227 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

How risky is the Devonshire area of Charlotte for landlords? Census tract 37119001508 scores 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 42nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 33% of renter households, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,165 monthly, set against $66,027 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 30% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,481
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$66,027

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Devonshire
Moderate
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#86 of 255 tracts In Charlotte
Elevated
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#84 of 305 tracts In Mecklenburg County
Elevated
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#1,055 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Charlotte and the region

Centroid at 35.2426, -80.7271 · click any tract to drill in

Why Devonshire scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Charlotte
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,165 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Charlotte
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Charlotte
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Charlotte
3.5

How Devonshire compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Devonshire risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.14.1This tracttract 001508Charlotte: 3.23.2Charlotteparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 1,088Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 26.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 29.8%Peak (2005)
  • 231Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 371190015082005: 391 filings (29.79/100 renter HHs)2014: 242 filings (27.41/100 renter HHs)2015: 224 filings (25.37/100 renter HHs)2016: 231 filings (22.34/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 41% over the past 4 months.
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 Devonshire

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 4.5/10. 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 Charlotte eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Mecklenburg County average of 5.5 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 Black and White and ranks around the 66th 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 16.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.7% 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 37119001508

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119001508?

Census tract 37119001508 in the Devonshire neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 37119001508?

Median gross rent is $1,165/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37119001508?

13.0% of residents in tract 37119001508 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,227.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37119001508?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 83th, minority 84th, housing 39th.
Q5

Is tract 37119001508 considered part of Devonshire?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119001508 fall within Devonshire (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119001508?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,088 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119001508 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.23% of renter households, peaking at 29.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37119001508 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.9% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37119001508 compare to Charlotte overall?

Tract 37119001508 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Charlotte at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Charlotte eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Charlotte ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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