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Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

Withrow Downs Eviction Risk: Lower , Charlotte

Tract 37119005519 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 5,653 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 37119005519 covers part of the Withrow Downs area of Charlotte, NC, and scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 44% Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units2,520
Renter share66.4%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$75,810

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Withrow Downs
Very Low
Within parent city
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#142 of 255 tracts In Charlotte
Moderate
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#149 of 305 tracts In Mecklenburg County
Moderate
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#1,261 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Charlotte and the region

Centroid at 35.3677, -80.7406 · click any tract to drill in

Why Withrow Downs scores 3.9

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
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,616 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Withrow Downs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Withrow Downs risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.9This tracttract 0055194.0Charlotteparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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)

  • 389Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 14.77%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.6%Peak (2016)
  • 172Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37119005519
Filings climbed 682% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Withrow Downs. 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 Withrow Downs

34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Mecklenburg County average of 45.3%. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10.

The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Court records carry 389 eviction filings across 4 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 24.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 14.8% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 37119005519

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119005519?

Census tract 37119005519 in the Withrow Downs neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 37119005519?

Median gross rent is $1,616/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37119005519?

6.5% of residents in tract 37119005519 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,653.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37119005519?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 44th, minority 76th, housing 11th.
Q5

Is tract 37119005519 considered part of Withrow Downs?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119005519 fall within Withrow Downs (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119005519?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 389 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119005519 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.77% of renter households, peaking at 24.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37119005519 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.8% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37119005519 compare to Charlotte overall?

Tract 37119005519 scores 3.9/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Charlotte

Top eight tracts in Charlotte ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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