Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Idlewild Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charlotte
Tract 37119001920 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 5,388 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
37119001920 is a census tract in the Idlewild area of Charlotte, NC. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,388 residents. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,551
Renter share42.6%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate19.0%
Median income$80,547
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charlotte and the region
Centroid at 35.1790, -80.7422 · click any tract to drill in
Why Idlewild scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
19.0% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,476 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Idlewild compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
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)
- 833Total filings over 4 yrs
- 29.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 28.7%Peak (2014)
- 189Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Idlewild. 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.
- 21.6%Housing insecurity
- 13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.5%Food insecurity
- 21.3%SNAP enrollment
- 13.4%Transit barriers
- 19.9%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Idlewild
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Against Mecklenburg County at 45.3%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Against the Mecklenburg County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.9% against 11.3% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 833 evictions over 4 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 21.6% against 14.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 28.7% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,476, 8% below the Charlotte average.
In a typical year about 29.0% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37119001920
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119001920?
Census tract 37119001920 in the Idlewild neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 37119001920?
Median gross rent is $1,476/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37119001920?
19.0% of residents in tract 37119001920 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,388.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37119001920?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 77th, minority 85th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 37119001920 considered part of Idlewild?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119001920 fall within Idlewild (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119001920?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 833 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119001920 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.02% of renter households, peaking at 28.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37119001920 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.6% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37119001920 compare to Charlotte overall?
Tract 37119001920 scores 5.1/10, 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.
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