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

Sheffield Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charlotte

Tract 37119001919 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 4,075 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 37119001919, home to 4,075 residents in the Sheffield area of Charlotte, scores 5.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 60th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,225 a month while the average household earns $56,750 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 22% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,611
Renter share41.2%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$56,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Sheffield
Very Low
Within parent city
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#63 of 255 tracts In Charlotte
High
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#69 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 35.1930, -80.7519 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sheffield 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
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,225 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Sheffield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sheffield risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.34.3This tracttract 001919Charlotte: 3.23.2Charlotteparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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

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)

  • 890Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 25.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 71.4%Peak (2005)
  • 64Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 371190019192005: 647 filings (71.37/100 renter HHs)2014: 101 filings (12.39/100 renter HHs)2015: 78 filings (9.57/100 renter HHs)2016: 64 filings (9.12/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 90% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sheffield. 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 Sheffield

The score leans hardest on 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 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 73rd 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.8% 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 37119001919

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119001919?

Census tract 37119001919 in the Sheffield 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 37119001919?

Median gross rent is $1,225/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37119001919?

14.2% of residents in tract 37119001919 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,075.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37119001919?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 24th, minority 81th, housing 50th.
Q5

Is tract 37119001919 considered part of Sheffield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119001919 fall within Sheffield (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119001919?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 890 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119001919 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.61% of renter households, peaking at 71.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37119001919 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37119001919 compare to Charlotte overall?

Tract 37119001919 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Charlotte

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

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