Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Mooresville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37097061502 · Iredell County, NC · pop 4,554 · 73% of tract blocks fall in Mooresville
Census tract 37097061502 runs through Mooresville. With 4,554 residents, it scores 5.2/10 for landlords. It lands near the 45th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,529 a month against an average household income of $89,703 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,585
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$89,703
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mooresville and the region
Centroid at 35.5754, -80.7749 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mooresville scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mooresville
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,529 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mooresville
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mooresville
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mooresville
4.5
How Mooresville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 45Total filings over 3 yrs
- 4.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.4%Peak (2003)
- 7Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mooresville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Mooresville 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 Iredell County average of 5.1 and in line with 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 45 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 4.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.4% of renter households in 2003.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th 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 37097061502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097061502?
Census tract 37097061502 in Mooresville scores 2.1/10 (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 37097061502?
Median gross rent is $1,529/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37097061502?
5.3% of residents in tract 37097061502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,554.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37097061502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 17th, minority 29th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37097061502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 37097061502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.74% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37097061502 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37097061502 compare to Mooresville overall?
Tract 37097061502 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Mooresville at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mooresville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mooresville
Top eight tracts in Mooresville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Low
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37097061501
2.8
/ 10 · Low
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37097061503
2.8
/ 10 · Low
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37097061604
2.6
/ 10 · Low
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37097061403
2.6
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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2.4
/ 10 · Low
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2.3
/ 10 · Low
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