Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Matthews Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37119005712 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 3,426
Tract 37119005712 sits in Matthews eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 3,426 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.
Risk score
3
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
20
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
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 3
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
26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. It sits 1.0 points below the Mecklenburg County average of 4.0.
SNAP participation runs 6.0% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 76 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
Average gross rent is $2,000, 13% above the Matthews average. Filings peaked in 2005 at 24.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 12.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37119005712
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119005712?
Census tract 37119005712 in Matthews scores 3/10 (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 3/10, lower than the parent city of Matthews at 4/10. 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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