Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Kings Grant Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37129011605 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 5,346 · 63% of tract blocks fall in Kings Grant

Census tract 37129011605 covers part of Kings Grant, NC, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,346 residents. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 33% Owners 49%

Tract context

Occupied units2,187

Renter share50.6%

SVI overall0.53

Poverty rate13.6%

Median income$66,553

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kings Grant and the region

Centroid at 34.2570, -77.8790 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kings Grant scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Kings Grant

5.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.1

State political climate

North Carolina legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

13.6% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$1,222 rent vs county FMR

2.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Kings Grant

9.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Kings Grant

7.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Kings Grant

8.1

How Kings Grant compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

53%Socioeconomic
80%Household composition
59%Racial/ethnic minority
25%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)

1,536Total filings over 12 yrs
10.99%Avg annual filing rate
14.4%Peak (2011)
84Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2005 to 2018

Filings dropped 20% over the past 12 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.

14.1%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
17.2%Food insecurity
13.8%SNAP enrollment
9.8%Transit barriers
12.9%No health insurance
19.3%Frequent mental distress
32.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kings Grant

Against New Hanover County at 48.2%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.1/10. Court records carry 1,536 eviction filings across 12 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2011 at 14.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 11.0% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.8/10 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 New Hanover County average of 4.0 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,222, close to the Kings Grant average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $66,553. 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37129011605

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129011605?

Census tract 37129011605 in Kings Grant scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37129011605?

Median gross rent is $1,222/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37129011605?

13.6% of residents in tract 37129011605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,346.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37129011605?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 80th, minority 59th, housing 25th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37129011605?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,536 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37129011605 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.99% of renter households, peaking at 14.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 37129011605 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.1% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37129011605 compare to Kings Grant overall?

Tract 37129011605 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Kings Grant at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kings Grant; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kings Grant

Top eight tracts in Kings Grant ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org