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

Murraysville Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37129011608 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 6,703 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Murraysville

Census tract 37129011608 covers part of Murraysville, NC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,703 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 11% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,701
Renter share20.3%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$74,835

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Murraysville
Very Low
Within county
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#48 of 54 tracts In New Hanover County
Very 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 Murraysville and the region

Centroid at 34.3385, -77.8377 · click any tract to drill in

Why Murraysville scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Murraysville
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,782 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Murraysville
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Murraysville
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Murraysville
5.2

How Murraysville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Murraysville risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0116083.8Murraysvilleparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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)

  • 337Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 7.70%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.9%Peak (2018)
  • 39Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37129011608
Filings climbed 117% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Murraysville

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.

Against the New Hanover County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. The filing record is not thin: 337 evictions over 12 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 12.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The worst year on record was 2018, when 7.9% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 7.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 37129011608

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129011608?

Census tract 37129011608 in Murraysville 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 37129011608?

Median gross rent is $1,782/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37129011608?

3.5% of residents in tract 37129011608 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,703.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37129011608?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 29th, minority 35th, housing 24th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37129011608?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 337 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37129011608 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.70% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37129011608 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.9% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37129011608 compare to Murraysville overall?

Tract 37129011608 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Murraysville at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Murraysville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Murraysville

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

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