Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Gateway Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charlotte

Tract 37119000501 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 1,936 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 4.6/10, tract 37119000501 in the Gateway area of Charlotte, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,936 residents. The severe-burden share is 52%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 23% Owners 33%

Tract context

Occupied units911

Renter share67.9%

SVI overall0.54

Poverty rate14.7%

Median income$81,696

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Charlotte and the region

Centroid at 35.2308, -80.8531 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gateway scores 4.6

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

14.7% poverty · this tract

3.7

Supply constraint

$1,831 rent vs county FMR

5.0

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: 54

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

62%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
65%Racial/ethnic minority
94%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
33%Grade C
35%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.

11.0%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
12.2%Food insecurity
8.2%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
8.1%No health insurance
18.4%Frequent mental distress
23.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gateway

Against Mecklenburg County at 45.3%, 65% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Average gross rent is $1,831, 14% above the Charlotte average.

SNAP participation runs 8.2% against 15.2% nationally. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Mecklenburg County average of 4.0 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 37119000501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119000501?

Census tract 37119000501 in the Gateway neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 37119000501?

Median gross rent is $1,831/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37119000501?

14.7% of residents in tract 37119000501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,936.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37119000501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 1th, minority 65th, housing 94th.

Is tract 37119000501 considered part of Gateway?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119000501 fall within Gateway (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 37119000501 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.0% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37119000501 compare to Charlotte overall?

Tract 37119000501 scores 4.6/10, higher 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 37119000501 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 35% 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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