Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Gateway Eviction Risk: Lower , Charlotte

Tract 37119000104 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 1,619 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

37119000104 is a census tract in the Gateway area of Charlotte, NC. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,619. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score

3.3

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 38% Owners 41%

Tract context

Occupied units1,334

Renter share58.2%

SVI overall0.08

Poverty rate8.2%

Median income$109,805

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Charlotte and the region

Centroid at 35.2285, -80.8389 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gateway scores 3.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Charlotte

6.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.8

State political climate

North Carolina legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

8.2% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,979 rent vs county FMR

5.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Charlotte

1.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Charlotte

4.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Charlotte

3.5

How Gateway compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

20%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
45%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
21%Grade C
12%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Gateway. 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.

6.6%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
6.3%Food insecurity
3.7%SNAP enrollment
4.7%Transit barriers
5.9%No health insurance
13.9%Frequent mental distress
18.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gateway

The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 45.3% across Mecklenburg County.

Average gross rent is $1,979, 23% above the Charlotte average. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10.

Food insecurity runs 6.3% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 6.6% against 14.2% nationally.

It sits 0.7 points below the Mecklenburg County average of 4.0. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.8/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $109,805.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 37119000104

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119000104?

Census tract 37119000104 in the Gateway neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37119000104?

Median gross rent is $1,979/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37119000104?

8.2% of residents in tract 37119000104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,619.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37119000104?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 1th, minority 33th, housing 45th.

Is tract 37119000104 considered part of Gateway?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119000104 fall within Gateway (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 37119000104 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.6% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37119000104 compare to Charlotte overall?

Tract 37119000104 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Charlotte at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Charlotte eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 37119000104 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 12% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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