Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
DeGraffenried Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , New Bern
Tract 37049960700 · Craven County, NC · pop 1,908 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 37049960700 sits in the DeGraffenried Park area of New Bern eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. 66% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Craven County average of 41.4%.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units817
Renter share41.1%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$46,157
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Bern and the region
Centroid at 35.1050, -77.0673 · click any tract to drill in
Why DeGraffenried Park scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Bern
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,098 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Bern
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Bern
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Bern
6.9
How DeGraffenried Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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)
- 28Total filings over 2 yrs
- 4.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2016)
- 11Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within DeGraffenried Park. 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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.5%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in DeGraffenried Park
The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10.
The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 28 filings here across 2 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 4.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Craven County average of 4.2 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37049960700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37049960700?
Census tract 37049960700 in the DeGraffenried Park neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (Moderate 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 37049960700?
Median gross rent is $1,098/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37049960700?
10.6% of residents in tract 37049960700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,908.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37049960700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 95th, minority 47th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 37049960700 considered part of DeGraffenried Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37049960700 fall within DeGraffenried Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37049960700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37049960700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.03% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37049960700 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37049960700 compare to New Bern overall?
Tract 37049960700 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of New Bern at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Bern eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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