2 census tracts · pop 7,880 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.2/10
· range 5.1–5.4
Firestone is a 2-tract neighborhood of Charlotte, NC, population 7,880. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.2/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 55% against 29.9% citywide, putting Firestone 25.4% over its own city.
25% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2/10.
Average gross rent is $1,279, 21% below the Charlotte average of $1,612. 16.7% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Court records for this tract carry 678 eviction filings. SNAP participation is 26.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 29.1% of renter households. That places it #27 of 111 neighborhoods in Charlotte. Judgments average 10.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Social vulnerability runs high at 7.5/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.3 points apart at the extremes. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $50,296.
With little internal variation, 5.2/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Firestone vs CharlotteHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority90%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport40%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Firestone
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
678Total filings (sum)
31.33%Avg annual filing rate
29.1%Peak year (2016)
29.07%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Firestone
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.1%Housing insecurity
16.7%Utility shutoff threat
29.2%Food insecurity
26.4%SNAP enrollment
14.0%No health insurance
37.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Firestone
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Firestone?
Firestone scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 Firestone compare to Charlotte overall?
Firestone scores 1.2 points higher than Charlotte overall (4/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,279 vs $1,612.
Q3
What is the average rent in Firestone?
Average gross rent in Firestone is $1,279/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Firestone residents are renters?
46% of Firestone households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Charlotte). The neighborhood has 7,880 residents.
Q5
Is Firestone a high social-vulnerability area?
Firestone sits in the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Firestone have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Firestone is census tract 37119004400 (score 5.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.1 to 5.4, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Firestone for landlords?
Firestone carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.2/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Firestone?
Firestone has 7,641 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (74.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (11.2%), Hispanic / Latino (10.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
