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Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally

Gateway Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charlotte

Tract 37119000503 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 1,500 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Eviction risk in the Gateway area of Charlotte centers on tract 37119000503, which scores $1/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 1,500 residents. On the national scale it ranks #52,057 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $388 a month against an average household income of $72,155 a year, roughly 6% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 40% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,074
Renter share53.3%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$72,155

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Gateway
Very High
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#76 of 255 tracts In Charlotte
Elevated
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#79 of 305 tracts In Mecklenburg County
Elevated
Within state
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#969 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Charlotte and the region

Centroid at 35.2339, -80.8381 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gateway scores 4.2

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
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$388 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.
Gateway risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 000503Charlotte: 3.23.2Charlotteparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gateway

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 4.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Charlotte eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Mecklenburg County average of 5.5 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 42% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.6% 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 37119000503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119000503?

Census tract 37119000503 in the Gateway neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 37119000503?

Median gross rent is $388/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37119000503?

17.9% of residents in tract 37119000503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,500.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37119000503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 52th, minority 62th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 37119000503 considered part of Gateway?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119000503 fall within Gateway (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 37119000503 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.3% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37119000503 compare to Charlotte overall?

Tract 37119000503 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Charlotte at 3.2/10. 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.
Q8

Was tract 37119000503 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. 42% 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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Top eight tracts in Charlotte ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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