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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Oak Island Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37019020308 · Brunswick County, NC · pop 2,377 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Oak Island

Census tract 37019020308 covers part of Oak Island, NC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,377 residents. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 4% Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,036
Renter share5.1%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$98,819

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Oak Island
Very Low
Within county
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 43 tracts In Brunswick County
Low
Within state
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#1,927 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oak Island and the region

Centroid at 33.9165, -78.2041 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oak Island scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Oak Island
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,141 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oak Island
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oak Island
3.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oak Island
7.1

How Oak Island compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Oak Island risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0203083.6Oak Islandparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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)

  • 51Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 4.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.5%Peak (2003)
  • 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37019020308
Filings dropped 20% over the past 7 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oak Island

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.1/10. 30% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Brunswick County average of 40.6%.

Food insecurity runs 5.6% against 17.8% nationally. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10.

Housing insecurity runs 4.7% against 14.2% nationally. 9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The filing record is not thin: 51 evictions over 7 years of observation.

At $1,141 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Oak Island commands. Against the Brunswick County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2003 at 7.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 4.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 5% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37019020308

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37019020308?

Census tract 37019020308 in Oak Island 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 37019020308?

Median gross rent is $1,141/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37019020308?

4.5% of residents in tract 37019020308 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,377.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37019020308?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 5th, minority 12th, housing 3th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37019020308?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 37019020308 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.23% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37019020308 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.7% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37019020308 compare to Oak Island overall?

Tract 37019020308 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Oak Island at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oak Island; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Oak Island

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

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