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Birkdale Eviction Risk: Lower , Cornelius

Tract 37119006211 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 6,283 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 37119006211 covers the Birkdale neighborhood of Cornelius in North Carolina. Home to 6,283 residents, it scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 45th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

28% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,894 monthly, set against $127,163 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 7% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,369
Renter share10.0%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate0.6%
Median income$127,163

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Birkdale
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 15 tracts In Cornelius
Very Low
Within county
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#300 of 305 tracts In Mecklenburg County
Very Low
Within state
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#2,593 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cornelius and the region

Centroid at 35.4265, -80.8775 · click any tract to drill in

Why Birkdale scores 1.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cornelius
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
0.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,894 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cornelius
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cornelius
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cornelius
3.5

How Birkdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Birkdale risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.21.2This tracttract 006211Cornelius: 2.52.5Corneliusparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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)

  • 71Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 5.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.0%Peak (2005)
  • 22Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 371190062112005: 26 filings (8.01/100 renter HHs)2014: 13 filings (4.13/100 renter HHs)2015: 10 filings (3.17/100 renter HHs)2016: 22 filings (6.55/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 15% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Birkdale. 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 Birkdale

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.1/10. 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 Cornelius 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% 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 37119006211

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119006211?

Census tract 37119006211 in the Birkdale neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (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 37119006211?

Median gross rent is $1,894/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37119006211?

0.6% of residents in tract 37119006211 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,283.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37119006211?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 80th, minority 24th, housing 15th.
Q5

Is tract 37119006211 considered part of Birkdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119006211 fall within Birkdale (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119006211?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119006211 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.47% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37119006211 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.3% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37119006211 compare to Cornelius overall?

Tract 37119006211 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Cornelius at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cornelius eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cornelius

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

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