Wilmington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37129010200 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 3,928
The Moderate-tier score of 5.9/10 for census tract 37129010200 reflects conditions in Wilmington, North Carolina. It lands near the 71st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 74% of renter households, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,206 a month while the average household earns $45,333 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 34.2326, -77.9253 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilmington scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Wilmington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%Housing & transportation
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)
- 831Total filings over 12 yrs
- 10.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.1%Peak (2006)
- 39Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 16.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.7%Food insecurity
- 21.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 37.2%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Wilmington
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 9.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wilmington eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the New Hanover County average of 5.2 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 69th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 831 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 10.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.1% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 37129010200
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Highest-risk tracts in Wilmington
Top eight tracts in Wilmington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.