3 census tracts · pop 11,624 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.1/10
· range 3–3.2
Caldwell spans 3 census tracts of Cornelius, NC, population 11,624. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.1/10, in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 51% against 29.5% citywide, putting Caldwell 21.6% over its own city.
29% 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. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1/10.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2/10. Court records for this tract carry 40 eviction filings.
SNAP participation is 5.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 7.9% of adults, 9.9 points below the national rate.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 4.3% of renter households. That places it #3 of 4 neighborhoods in Cornelius.
Judgments average 1.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Bailey Springs Neighborhood and Downtown.
Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 3 tracts score within 0.2 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
With little internal variation, 3.1/10 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
3.1
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Caldwell vs CorneliusHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority31%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport5%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Caldwell
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
40Total filings (sum)
3.87%Avg annual filing rate
4.3%Peak year (2016)
4.31%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Caldwell
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.8%Housing insecurity
5.1%Utility shutoff threat
7.9%Food insecurity
5.2%SNAP enrollment
6.5%No health insurance
22.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Caldwell
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Caldwell?
Caldwell scores 3.1/10 (Lower tier) across 3 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 Caldwell compare to Cornelius overall?
Caldwell scores 0.9 points lower than Cornelius overall (4/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,819 vs $1,722.
Q3
What is the average rent in Caldwell?
Average gross rent in Caldwell is $1,819/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Caldwell residents are renters?
29% of Caldwell households are renter-occupied (vs 31% in Cornelius). The neighborhood has 11,624 residents.
Q5
Is Caldwell a high social-vulnerability area?
Caldwell sits in the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Caldwell have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Caldwell is census tract 37119006410 (score 3.2/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.2, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Caldwell for landlords?
Caldwell carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.1/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Cornelius as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Caldwell?
Caldwell has 11,585 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (79.6%), Hispanic / Latino (6.7%), Other / Multiracial (6.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
