American Community Survey 2019–2023

Charlotte area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Reid Park (49.7%). This table ranks 302 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

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#	Census tract area	Residents below the poverty level
1	Reid Park	49.7%
2	Grier Heights	49.3%
3	University City (east-northeast 2)	48.6%
4	Fairfax Woods (northwest)	46.1%
5	University City (south)	45%
6	University City (south-southwest)	41%
7	Carolina Village (northwest)	40.6%
8	Druid Hills	38.1%
9	Dalton Village	37.2%
10	Clanton Park	35.6%
11	Echo Hills	35.4%
12	Orchard Park (southwest)	33.8%
13	Sugar Creek	33.2%
14	Hope Park (south-southwest)	31.3%
15	British Woods	30.2%
16	Springfield	29.5%
17	Atando Junction	28.1%
18	Virginia Manor	25.7%
19	First Ward	25.2%
20	Rama (south-southeast)	25.1%
21	Eastland (southwest)	24.7%
22	Yorkwood	24.7%
23	Northlake	24.6%
24	Lockwood	24.2%
25	Hope Park (northeast)	24.1%
26	Rama (east-northeast)	24%
27	University City (west-southwest)	23.1%
28	Hidden Valley	23%
29	University Park	22.9%
30	Eastland (southeast)	22.7%
31	Plaza Shamrock (southeast)	22.4%
32	Eastland (west)	22.1%
33	Lynn Lee (west-northwest)	21.6%
34	Eastland (northwest)	21.5%
35	Madison Park	21.4%
36	Oakview Terrace	21.3%
37	Thomasboro	21.3%
38	Biddleville	20.9%
39	Firestone	20.7%
40	Woodlea	20.6%
41	Dixie	20.4%
42	Montclaire South	19.9%
43	Hickory Grove (east-southeast)	19.7%
44	Silverstone (north-northeast)	19.6%
45	Spring Valley	19.6%
46	Belmont	19.5%
47	Candlewood	19.2%
48	Idlewild (south-southwest)	19%
49	Starmount	18.8%
50	Idlewild (north-northeast)	18.7%
51	Eastfield	18.5%
52	Embassy East (west)	18.4%
53	University City (west)	18.2%
54	Optimist Park	17.9%
55	Greycrest (south-southeast)	17.6%
56	Taragate Farms	17.6%
57	White Oak Park	17.6%
58	Oaklawn	17.5%
59	Orchard Park (northeast)	17%
60	Woodford Green	16.8%
61	Hebron	16.7%
62	Henderson Manor	16.7%
63	Davis Lake (north)	16.5%
64	Birkdale (southeast)	16.3%
65	Windsong Trails	16.1%
66	Sterling	16%
67	Henderson Oaks	15.7%
68	Orchard Park (northwest)	15.6%
69	Plaza Shamrock (north-northwest)	15.5%
70	Westerly Hill	15.4%
71	Forest Homes (north-northeast)	15.3%
72	Morning Star Acres (west)	15.3%
73	Fairfax Woods (southeast)	15.1%
74	Eastland (northeast)	15%
75	Coliseum Drive	14.9%
76	Forest Homes (south-southwest)	14.9%
77	York Road	14.9%
78	Seversville	14.7%
79	University City (south-southeast)	14.7%
80	Colony Acres	14.6%
81	Hope Farm	14.6%
82	Newell (southwest)	14.5%
83	Newell (north)	14.4%
84	Hope Park (west)	14.3%
85	Lakeland Hills (west)	14.3%
86	Idlewild (west-northwest)	14.2%
87	Nevin	14.2%
88	Ballantyne (west-southwest)	14.1%
89	Plaza Shamrock (southwest)	13.9%
90	Forest Pawtuckett	13.7%
91	Newell (east)	13.6%
92	Second Ward	13.6%
93	Wilson Heights	13.6%
94	Rama (north-northwest)	13.5%
95	Heatherwood (north-northeast)	13.4%
96	Downtown (north-northwest)	13.1%
97	Devonshire	13%
98	Heatherwood (south-southwest)	12.9%
99	Enderly Park	12.6%
100	Garden Park	12.5%
101	Sharon Colony	12.4%
102	University City (southeast)	12.4%
103	Westchester	12.3%
104	Glenwood	11.9%
105	Wilgrove	11.9%
106	Gateway	11.4%
107	Homestead (west-northwest)	11.4%
108	Arlington	11.1%
109	University City (northwest 1)	10.9%
110	Cherry	10.6%
111	Embassy East (east-southeast)	10.5%
112	Lionsgate	10.5%
113	Yorkmont	10.4%
114	Carmel Commons (west 2)	10.3%
115	Greycrest (east)	10.3%
116	Carmel Commons (east)	10.2%
117	Eastland (east)	10.2%
118	Greenville	9.9%
119	Falcon Bridge	9.7%
120	Rhyne	9.7%
121	Providence (east-southeast 1)	9.6%
122	Graceshire	9.5%
123	Mint Hollow	9.5%
124	Ballantyne (south-southwest)	9.2%
125	Smithville (north-northeast)	9.2%
126	Oakdale	9.1%
127	Brookhill	9%
128	City Park	9%
129	Oakdale Forest	8.9%
130	Sharonbrook	8.8%
131	Carmel (east-southeast)	8.6%
132	Spring Lake	8.6%
133	Embassy East (northeast)	8.5%
134	Mallard (north-northeast)	8.5%
135	Uptown	8.2%
136	Hickory Grove (west-northwest)	8.1%
137	Ashley Park	7.9%
138	Camp Greene	7.9%
139	Derita	7.9%
140	South End	7.9%
141	Matthews Commercial Historic District (northwest)	7.8%
142	Steele Creek (east-southeast)	7.8%
143	Villa Heights	7.7%
144	Lewis	7.6%
145	Montclaire	7.6%
146	University City (east-northeast 1)	7.6%
147	Silverstone (south-southwest)	7.4%
148	Third Ward	7.4%
149	McCrorey Heights	7.3%
150	Revolution Park	7.3%
151	Rosedale (east-southeast)	7.3%
152	Caldwell Station (north)	7.1%
153	Old Providence (north-northwest)	7.1%
154	Steelberry Acres (west-southwest)	7.1%
155	University City (north)	7.1%
156	Caldwell Station (south)	7%
157	Castleton Gardens	7%
158	University City (east-southeast)	7%
159	Timber Ridge	6.9%
160	Bahama Park (southeast)	6.8%
161	Davis Lake (northwest)	6.8%
162	Brandon	6.7%
163	Mallard (northeast 2)	6.7%
164	Mallard (northeast 1)	6.5%
165	Olde Whitehall	6.5%
166	Huntingtowne Farms	6.4%
167	Providence (southwest)	6.4%
168	Rosedale (west-northwest)	6.4%
169	Midtown	6.3%
170	Steele Creek (west-northwest)	6.3%
171	Tryon Hills	6.3%
172	Rosemont	6.2%
173	Bahama Park (northwest)	6.1%
174	Sedgefield	6.1%
175	NoDa	6%
176	Smithville (east)	6%
177	Colonial Village	5.9%
178	Lynn Lee (east-southeast)	5.9%
179	Providence (north 1)	5.9%
180	Providence Park	5.7%
181	University City (northeast)	5.7%
182	Ayrsley	5.6%
183	Club View Acres	5.6%
184	Fairmeadows	5.6%
185	Greycrest (west-northwest)	5.6%
186	Oakhurst	5.6%
187	Currituck	5.5%
188	Idlewild (southeast)	5.5%
189	Old Providence (southeast)	5.5%
190	Southbourne	5.4%
191	Charlotte city (north-northeast 2)	5.3%
192	Davis Lake (south)	5.3%
193	Providence (west-southwest)	5.3%
194	Homestead (east-southeast)	5.2%
195	Providence (west-northwest)	5.2%
196	Smithville (east-southeast)	5.2%
197	Chantilly	5.1%
198	Steelberry Acres (east-northeast)	5.1%
199	Downtown (south)	5%
200	Forest Pawtucket	5%
201	Dilworth	4.9%
202	Blakeney (west)	4.8%
203	University City (northwest 2)	4.8%
204	Ballantyne (northeast)	4.7%
205	Bridgehampton Club (east-southeast)	4.7%
206	Caldwell (east-northeast)	4.7%
207	Blakeney (east)	4.6%
208	Mayfair	4.6%
209	Morning Star Acres (east)	4.6%
210	Elizabeth	4.5%
211	Matthews Park	4.5%
212	Twelve Oaks	4.5%
213	Ballantyne (west-northwest)	4.4%
214	Carmel Woods (north-northwest)	4.4%
215	Mallard (west-southwest)	4.4%
216	Beverly Woods	4.3%
217	Carolina Village (southeast)	4.3%
218	Olde Creek	4.3%
219	Blakeney (north)	4.1%
220	Cotswold	4.1%
221	Mountain Island Village	4.1%
222	Old Providence (west)	4.1%
223	Wesley Heights	4.1%
224	Carmel Commons (west 1)	4%
225	Bridgehampton Club (northwest)	3.9%
226	Caldwell (west-southwest)	3.9%
227	Downtown (south-southeast)	3.9%
228	Lakeland Hills (south)	3.9%
229	Planters Ridge	3.8%
230	Rosedale (north-northeast)	3.8%
231	Hoods	3.7%
232	Mineral Springs	3.7%
233	Southminister Woods	3.6%
234	Cornelius town	3.5%
235	Providence (east-northeast)	3.5%
236	Bridgehampton Club (south-southwest)	3.4%
237	Coulwood	3.4%
238	Mason Oaks	3.4%
239	Providence (west)	3.4%
240	Carmel (west-northwest)	3.3%
241	Plaza Midwood	3.3%
242	Unincorporated	3.3%
243	Hicks Crossroads (north-northeast)	3.2%
244	Hicks Crossroads (south-southwest)	3.2%
245	Wilmore	3.2%
246	Foxcroft	3.1%
247	(Neighborhood) (east-southeast)	3%
248	Rosedale (south-southwest)	3%
249	Charlotte city (north-northeast 1)	2.7%
250	Embassy East (north)	2.7%
251	Greycrest (south-southwest)	2.7%
252	Providence (south-southwest)	2.7%
253	Greycrest (north-northwest)	2.6%
254	Smithville (northwest)	2.5%
255	The Cloisters	2.5%
256	Croft	2.4%
257	Mallard (south)	2.4%
258	SouthPark	2.4%
259	(Neighborhood) (west-northwest)	2.3%
260	Chateau Woods	2.3%
261	Providence (east)	2.3%
262	Downtown (north-northeast)	2.2%
263	Greycrest (east-northeast)	2.2%
264	Matthews Commercial Historic District (southwest)	2.2%
265	Providence (north 2)	2.2%
266	Ballantyne (east)	2.1%
267	Downtown (west-southwest)	2.1%
268	Eastover	2.1%
269	Lakeland Hills (east-northeast)	2.1%
270	Myers Park	2.1%
271	Skybrook	2.1%
272	Deerwood	2%
273	Quail Hollow	2%
274	Blakeney (south-southwest)	1.9%
275	Mallard (north)	1.9%
276	Embassy East (south-southwest)	1.8%
277	Mineral Springs Park	1.7%
278	Pharr Acres	1.7%
279	Providence (south-southeast)	1.7%
280	Rama (south-southwest)	1.7%
281	Allison Ferry	1.6%
282	Blakeney (north-northeast)	1.6%
283	Mallard (south-southwest)	1.6%
284	Parkdale	1.6%
285	Providence (north-northwest)	1.6%
286	Birkdale (north)	1.5%
287	Matthews Commercial Historic District (east)	1.5%
288	Blakeney (southwest)	1.4%
289	Briarcliff	1.3%
290	Providence (east-southeast 2)	1.3%
291	Carmel Woods (south-southeast)	1.2%
292	Smithville (west-southwest)	1.1%
293	Ramblewood	1%
294	Barclay Downs	0.9%
295	Charlotte city (south-southwest)	0.9%
296	Birkdale (west-southwest)	0.6%
297	Olde Georgetowne	0.5%
298	Shuffletown	0.4%
299	Crescent Heights	0.3%
300	Smithville (south-southwest)	0.3%
301	Ballantyne (east-southeast)	0%
302	Fourth Ward	0%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.