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Westerly Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charlotte

Tract 37119004000 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 3,969 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

The Westerly Hill neighborhood of Charlotte is where census tract 37119004000 sits, home to 3,969 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.4/10. That is riskier than about 52% of US census tracts.

40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,210 monthly, set against $59,682 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 35% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,660
Renter share57.7%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$59,682

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Westerly Hill
Very Low
Within parent city
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#67 of 255 tracts In Charlotte
Elevated
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#62 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 35.2334, -80.9113 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westerly Hill 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
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,210 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Westerly Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westerly Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.34.3This tracttract 004000Charlotte: 3.23.2Charlotteparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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)

  • 1,108Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 28.03%Avg annual filing rate
  • 31.5%Peak (2014)
  • 262Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 371190040002005: 261 filings (28.70/100 renter HHs)2014: 308 filings (31.49/100 renter HHs)2015: 277 filings (28.32/100 renter HHs)2016: 262 filings (23.62/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Westerly Hill. 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 Westerly Hill

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 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 23.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37119004000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119004000?

Census tract 37119004000 in the Westerly Hill 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 37119004000?

Median gross rent is $1,210/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37119004000?

15.4% of residents in tract 37119004000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,969.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37119004000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 89th, minority 87th, housing 68th.
Q5

Is tract 37119004000 considered part of Westerly Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119004000 fall within Westerly Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119004000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,108 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119004000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 28.03% of renter households, peaking at 31.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37119004000 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.5% 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. 16.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37119004000 compare to Charlotte overall?

Tract 37119004000 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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