Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Matthews Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37119005712 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 3,426
Census tract 37119005712 covers Matthews, home to 3,426 residents. For landlords it grades 5.8/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #27,396 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,000 a month while the average household earns $100,625 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,186
Renter share12.2%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$100,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Matthews and the region
Centroid at 35.1218, -80.6783 · click any tract to drill in
Why Matthews scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Matthews
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,000 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Matthews
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Matthews
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Matthews
3.6
How Matthews compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%Housing & transportation
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)
- 76Total filings over 4 yrs
- 12.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.8%Peak (2005)
- 20Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Matthews
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.3/10. 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 Matthews eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 76 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 12.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 24.8% of renter households in 2005.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37119005712
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119005712?
Census tract 37119005712 in Matthews scores 1.8/10 (Lower 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 37119005712?
Median gross rent is $2,000/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37119005712?
1.5% of residents in tract 37119005712 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,426.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37119005712?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 13th, minority 32th, housing 19th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119005712?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 76 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119005712 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.58% of renter households, peaking at 24.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37119005712 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37119005712 compare to Matthews overall?
Tract 37119005712 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Matthews at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Matthews eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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/ 10 · Very Low
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