Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Mooresville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37097061603 · Iredell County, NC · pop 5,324 · 76% of tract blocks fall in Mooresville
Census tract 37097061603 sits in Mooresville eviction risk, North Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 28% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,355 a month while the average household earns $84,020 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units2,186
Renter share52.2%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$84,020
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mooresville and the region
Centroid at 35.5694, -80.8283 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mooresville scores 2.5
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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,355 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mooresville
What moves this score most is 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 below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 56th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.6% 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37097061603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37097061603?
Census tract 37097061603 in Mooresville scores 2.5/10 (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 37097061603?
Median gross rent is $1,355/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37097061603?
8.6% of residents in tract 37097061603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,324.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37097061603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 56th, minority 47th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37097061603 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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.
Q6
How does tract 37097061603 compare to Mooresville overall?
Tract 37097061603 scores 2.5/10, right in line with 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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/ 10 · Low
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37097061503
2.8
/ 10 · Low
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2.6
/ 10 · Low
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37097061604
2.6
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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2.3
/ 10 · Low
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2.1
/ 10 · Low
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