Ballantyne Eviction Risk: Lower , Charlotte

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. At $1,953 a month, rents run 21% over what the rest of Charlotte commands. SNAP participation runs 4.1% against 15.2% nationally.

Against Mecklenburg County at 45.3%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.0 points below the Mecklenburg County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 193 filings here across 4 tracked years.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2016 at 22.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 15.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.

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