Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Mooresville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37097061503 · Iredell County, NC · pop 4,741 · 73% of tract blocks fall in Mooresville
Tract 37097061503, home to 4,741 residents in Mooresville, scores 5.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 60% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,061 a month while the average household earns $84,219 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,965
Renter share25.7%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate12.6%
Median income$84,219
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mooresville and the region
Centroid at 35.5583, -80.7961 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mooresville scores 2.8
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
12.6% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,061 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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)
- 84Total filings over 3 yrs
- 11.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.9%Peak (2005)
- 33Filings 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%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 above 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 84 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 11.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.9% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37097061503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097061503?
Census tract 37097061503 in Mooresville scores 2.8/10 (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 37097061503?
Median gross rent is $1,061/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37097061503?
12.6% of residents in tract 37097061503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,741.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37097061503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 16th, minority 35th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37097061503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 84 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 37097061503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.42% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37097061503 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37097061503 compare to Mooresville overall?
Tract 37097061503 scores 2.8/10, higher 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
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/ 10 · Low
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37097061403
2.6
/ 10 · Low
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37097061604
2.6
/ 10 · Low
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2.5
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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2.1
/ 10 · Low
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