Gateway Eviction Risk: Lower , Charlotte

This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Disability prevalence runs 17.7% against 31.5% nationally. Average gross rent is $2,008, 25% above the Charlotte average.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. 14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. SNAP participation runs 4.2% against 15.2% nationally.

Against the Mecklenburg County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. 41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Mecklenburg County average of 45.3%. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Charlotte. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.4/10. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.