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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally

Plaza Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charlotte

Tract 37119000800 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 3,073 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 37119000800 (the Plaza Hills area of Charlotte, North Carolina) comes in at 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #36,783 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,107 a month against an average household income of $61,744 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 33% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,498
Renter share53.5%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate19.5%
Median income$61,744

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Plaza Hills
Very High
Within parent city
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#49 of 255 tracts In Charlotte
High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 305 tracts In Mecklenburg County
High
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#689 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Charlotte and the region

Centroid at 35.2282, -80.8194 · click any tract to drill in

Why Plaza Hills 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
19.5% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,107 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Plaza Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Plaza Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 000800Charlotte: 3.23.2Charlotteparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 471Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 20.68%Avg annual filing rate
  • 33.9%Peak (2005)
  • 103Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 371190008002005: 145 filings (33.88/100 renter HHs)2014: 120 filings (18.15/100 renter HHs)2015: 103 filings (15.58/100 renter HHs)2016: 103 filings (15.12/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 29% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Plaza Hills. 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 Plaza Hills

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 4.9/10. 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 about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 68th 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.

Part of this tract, about 31% 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 37119000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119000800?

Census tract 37119000800 in the Plaza Hills 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 37119000800?

Median gross rent is $1,107/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37119000800?

19.5% of residents in tract 37119000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,073.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37119000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 49th, minority 79th, housing 69th.
Q5

Is tract 37119000800 considered part of Plaza Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119000800 fall within Plaza Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119000800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 471 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.68% of renter households, peaking at 33.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37119000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.1% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37119000800 compare to Charlotte overall?

Tract 37119000800 scores 4.6/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 37119000800 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. 31% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Charlotte

Top eight tracts in Charlotte ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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