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Druid Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charlotte

Tract 37119005100 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 2,650 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 37119005100 covers the Druid Hills neighborhood of Charlotte in North Carolina. Home to 2,650 residents, it scores 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 84% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 74% of renter households, a severe level, and 44% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,077 a month while the average household earns $30,536 a year, roughly 42% of income at the averages. Renters make up 76% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 57% Stable renters 20% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,285
Renter share76.3%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate38.1%
Median income$30,536

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Druid Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 255 tracts In Charlotte
Very High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 305 tracts In Mecklenburg County
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#148 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Charlotte and the region

Centroid at 35.2625, -80.8269 · click any tract to drill in

Why Druid Hills scores 5.8

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
38.1% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$1,077 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Druid Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Druid Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 005100Charlotte: 3.23.2Charlotteparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 792Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 34.79%Avg annual filing rate
  • 57.0%Peak (2005)
  • 190Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 371190051002005: 248 filings (57.01/100 renter HHs)2014: 166 filings (26.73/100 renter HHs)2015: 188 filings (30.27/100 renter HHs)2016: 190 filings (25.13/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 23% 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 Druid Hills

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Mecklenburg County average of 5.5 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 33.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 27.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 37119005100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119005100?

Census tract 37119005100 in the Druid Hills neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 37119005100?

Median gross rent is $1,077/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37119005100?

38.1% of residents in tract 37119005100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,650.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37119005100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 78th, minority 90th, housing 83th.
Q5

Is tract 37119005100 considered part of Druid Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119005100 fall within Druid Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119005100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 792 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119005100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 34.79% of renter households, peaking at 57.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37119005100 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.5% 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. 27.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37119005100 compare to Charlotte overall?

Tract 37119005100 scores 5.8/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 37119005100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

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

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