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Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

New Bern Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37049960401 · Craven County, NC · pop 4,337 · 45% of tract blocks fall in New Bern

Census tract 37049960401 covers part of New Bern, NC, and scores 3.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,337. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 18% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,065
Renter share29.7%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$82,964

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 9 tracts In New Bern
Very Low
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#18 of 26 tracts In Craven County
Low
Within state
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#1,695 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
National
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#61,558 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across New Bern and the region

Centroid at 35.1136, -77.1528 · click any tract to drill in

Why New Bern scores 3.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,097 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 New Bern compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
New Bern risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.3This tracttract 9604014.1New Bernparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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)

  • 85Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 5.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.5%Peak (2016)
  • 39Filings in 2018 (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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in New Bern

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, 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.

It sits 0.9 points below the Craven County average of 4.2. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 85 filings here across 2 tracked years.

Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.5% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $82,964, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37049960401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37049960401?

Census tract 37049960401 in New Bern scores 3.3/10 (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 37049960401?

Median gross rent is $1,097/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37049960401?

10.6% of residents in tract 37049960401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,337.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37049960401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 60th, minority 45th, housing 77th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37049960401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 85 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37049960401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.06% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37049960401 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.4% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37049960401 compare to New Bern overall?

Tract 37049960401 scores 3.3/10, lower than 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in New Bern

Top eight tracts in New Bern ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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