Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Oaklawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charlotte
Tract 37119004800 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 2,865 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 37119004800, home to 2,865 residents in the Oaklawn area of Charlotte, scores 5.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #27,388 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,100 a month while the average household earns $33,725 a year, roughly 39% of income at the averages. Renters make up 61% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,491
Renter share61.2%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate17.5%
Median income$33,725
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charlotte and the region
Centroid at 35.2575, -80.8492 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oaklawn scores 4.9
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
17.5% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,100 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Oaklawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 25%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)
- 1,055Total filings over 4 yrs
- 32.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 42.4%Peak (2005)
- 209Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 37% 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.
- 23.0%Housing insecurity
- 16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.4%Food insecurity
- 26.5%SNAP enrollment
- 14.2%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 38.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oaklawn
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 about the same as the Mecklenburg County average of 5.5 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,055 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 32.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 42.4% of renter households in 2005.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.4% 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 37119004800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119004800?
Census tract 37119004800 in the Oaklawn neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 37119004800?
Median gross rent is $1,100/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37119004800?
17.5% of residents in tract 37119004800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,865.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37119004800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 56th, minority 94th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 37119004800 considered part of Oaklawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119004800 fall within Oaklawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119004800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,055 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119004800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 32.78% of renter households, peaking at 42.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37119004800 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.0% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37119004800 compare to Charlotte overall?
Tract 37119004800 scores 4.9/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 37119004800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 25% 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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