Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Colonial Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Charlotte
Tract 37119002701 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 2,925 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 37119002701 (the Colonial Heights area of Charlotte, North Carolina) comes in at $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,519 a month while the average household earns $246,892 a year, roughly 7% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,210
Renter share20.2%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate0.3%
Median income$246,892
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charlotte and the region
Centroid at 35.2005, -80.8309 · click any tract to drill in
Why Colonial Heights scores 2.1
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
0.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,519 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Colonial Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 91%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 29Total filings over 4 yrs
- 3.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.9%Peak (2005)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 95% over the past 4 months.
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.
- 3.9%Housing insecurity
- 2.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.1%Food insecurity
- 2.4%SNAP enrollment
- 3.0%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 10.9%Frequent mental distress
- 21.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Colonial Heights
The heaviest input here 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 below 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 3.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.7% 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 A ("Best"), 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 37119002701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119002701?
Census tract 37119002701 in the Colonial Heights neighborhood scores 2.1/10 (Lower 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 37119002701?
Median gross rent is $1,519/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37119002701?
0.3% of residents in tract 37119002701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,925.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37119002701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 2th, minority 12th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 37119002701 considered part of Colonial Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119002701 fall within Colonial Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119002701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119002701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.90% of renter households, peaking at 11.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37119002701 struggle to pay rent?
About 3.9% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37119002701 compare to Charlotte overall?
Tract 37119002701 scores 2.1/10, lower 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 37119002701 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
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