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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally

Plaza Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charlotte

Tract 37119001300 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 4,079 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

How risky is the Plaza Hills neighborhood of Charlotte for landlords? Census tract 37119001300 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #30,403 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

57% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,163 a month against an average household income of $61,192 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 21% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,834
Renter share49.9%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$61,192

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Plaza Hills
High
Within parent city
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#61 of 255 tracts In Charlotte
High
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#66 of 305 tracts In Mecklenburg County
High
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#899 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Charlotte and the region

Centroid at 35.2377, -80.7893 · click any tract to drill in

Why Plaza Hills scores 4.3

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
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,163 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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: 4.34.3This tracttract 001300Charlotte: 3.23.2Charlotteparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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)

  • 1,000Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 25.22%Avg annual filing rate
  • 48.0%Peak (2005)
  • 153Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 371190013002005: 493 filings (47.97/100 renter HHs)2014: 163 filings (16.19/100 renter HHs)2015: 191 filings (18.97/100 renter HHs)2016: 153 filings (17.75/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 69% 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

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 4.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37119001300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119001300?

Census tract 37119001300 in the Plaza Hills neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 37119001300?

Median gross rent is $1,163/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37119001300?

15.5% of residents in tract 37119001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,079.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37119001300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 37th, minority 70th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 37119001300 considered part of Plaza Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119001300 fall within Plaza Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119001300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,000 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.22% of renter households, peaking at 48.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37119001300 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.4% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37119001300 compare to Charlotte overall?

Tract 37119001300 scores 4.3/10, 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 37119001300 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. 0% 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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