Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Matthews Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37119005835 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 2,456 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Matthews
Tract 37119005835 sits in Matthews eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 2,456. 8% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Mecklenburg County average of 45.3%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units858
Renter share6.1%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$135,324
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
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 35.0976, -80.7002 · 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
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,339 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 24Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2005)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 91% 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.
- 6.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.5%Food insecurity
- 4.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 22.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Matthews
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.1/10.
At $1,339 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Matthews commands. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
SNAP participation runs 4.2% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 1.0 points below the Mecklenburg County average of 4.0.
Court records carry 24 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 6.0% against 14.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 5.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 9.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 6% 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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37119005835
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119005835?
Census tract 37119005835 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 37119005835?
Median gross rent is $1,339/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37119005835?
4.5% of residents in tract 37119005835 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,456.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37119005835?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 42th, minority 16th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119005835?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119005835 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.66% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37119005835 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.0% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37119005835 compare to Matthews overall?
Tract 37119005835 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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Highest-risk tracts in Matthews
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/ 10 · Low
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