Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Forest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charlotte
Tract 37119001923 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 4,010 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 37119001923 covers part of the Lake Forest area of Charlotte, NC, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,010. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,619
Renter share60.4%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$57,643
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charlotte and the region
Centroid at 35.2114, -80.7175 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Forest scores 5.4
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
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,358 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Lake Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 82%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)
- 762Total filings over 4 yrs
- 29.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.8%Peak (2014)
- 188Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lake Forest. 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.
- 22.7%Housing insecurity
- 15.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.2%Food insecurity
- 24.2%SNAP enrollment
- 14.1%Transit barriers
- 16.0%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 35.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Forest
Cost burden runs 60% here against 45.3% across Mecklenburg County. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
It sits 1.4 points above the Mecklenburg County average of 4.0. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Food insecurity runs 28.2% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $1,358, 16% below the Charlotte average.
Housing insecurity runs 22.7% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 762 filings here across 4 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 29.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 29.8% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 37119001923
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119001923?
Census tract 37119001923 in the Lake Forest neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 37119001923?
Median gross rent is $1,358/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37119001923?
19.7% of residents in tract 37119001923 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,010.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37119001923?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 70th, minority 82th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 37119001923 considered part of Lake Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119001923 fall within Lake Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119001923?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 762 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119001923 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.75% of renter households, peaking at 29.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37119001923 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.7% 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. 15.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37119001923 compare to Charlotte overall?
Tract 37119001923 scores 5.4/10, 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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