Wilson Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charlotte
Tract 37119005405 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 2,920 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Eviction risk in the Wilson Heights area of Charlotte centers on tract 37119005405, which scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 2,920 residents. On the national scale it ranks #27,389 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,510 a month while the average household earns $58,333 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Charlotte and the region
Centroid at 35.2912, -80.8412 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilson Heights scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Wilson Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%Housing & transportation
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 18.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.1%Food insecurity
- 16.7%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Wilson Heights
The score leans hardest on 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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