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Downtown Eviction Risk: Lower , Cornelius

Tract 37119006403 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 5,969 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 37119006403 in the Downtown area of Davidson, NC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,969 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 15% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,885
Renter share24.2%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$140,605

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Downtown
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Cornelius
Very Low
Within county
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#241 of 305 tracts In Mecklenburg County
Low
Within state
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#1,927 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cornelius and the region

Centroid at 35.4971, -80.8396 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 3

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
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,463 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cornelius
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cornelius
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cornelius
5.0

How Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0064034.0Corneliusparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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)

  • 136Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 10.09%Avg annual filing rate
  • 25.0%Peak (2005)
  • 28Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37119006403
Filings dropped 57% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown. 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 Downtown

Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.

39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Mecklenburg County average of 45.3%. SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.6/10.

Against the Mecklenburg County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 136 filings here across 4 tracked years.

Housing insecurity runs 6.8% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,463, 11% below the Davidson average. Filings peaked in 2005 at 25.0% of renter households.

In a typical year about 10.1% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 37119006403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119006403?

Census tract 37119006403 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 37119006403?

Median gross rent is $1,463/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37119006403?

13.1% of residents in tract 37119006403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,969.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37119006403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 19th, minority 46th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 37119006403 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37119006403 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119006403?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 136 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119006403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.09% of renter households, peaking at 25.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37119006403 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.8% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37119006403 compare to Cornelius overall?

Tract 37119006403 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Cornelius at 4/10. 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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