Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Calabash Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37019020508 · Brunswick County, NC · pop 2,868 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Calabash
Tract 37019020508 sits in Calabash, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 2,868. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,602
Renter share14.9%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$107,969
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Calabash and the region
Centroid at 33.9328, -78.5220 · click any tract to drill in
Why Calabash scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Calabash
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,528 rent vs county FMR
6.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Calabash
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Calabash
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Calabash
8.4
How Calabash compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
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)
- 35Total filings over 6 yrs
- 5.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.1%Peak (2015)
- 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 4.0%Housing insecurity
- 2.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.4%Food insecurity
- 3.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 10.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Calabash
Cost burden runs 55% here against 40.6% across Brunswick County. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. SNAP participation runs 3.7% against 15.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 19.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Housing insecurity runs 4.0% against 14.2% nationally. Court records carry 35 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Against the Brunswick County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
At $1,528 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Calabash commands. Filings peaked in 2015 at 10.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.0% 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 37019020508
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37019020508?
Census tract 37019020508 in Calabash 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 37019020508?
Median gross rent is $1,528/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37019020508?
4.2% of residents in tract 37019020508 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,868.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37019020508?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 15th, minority 22th, housing 20th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37019020508?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 35 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 37019020508 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.04% of renter households, peaking at 10.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37019020508 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.0% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37019020508 compare to Calabash overall?
Tract 37019020508 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Calabash at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Calabash; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Calabash
Top eight tracts in Calabash ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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