Within parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Wilmington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37129010600 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 4,054
Census tract 37129010600 covers part of Wilmington, NC, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,054 residents. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,280
Renter share45.3%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$70,526
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 34.2107, -77.9094 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilmington scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wilmington
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,366 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilmington
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilmington
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilmington
3.5
How Wilmington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 314Total filings over 12 yrs
- 3.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2007)
- 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 26% 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.
- 5.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.7%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 29.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wilmington
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.4/10.
56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the New Hanover County average of 48.2%. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Food insecurity runs 6.7% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 4.9% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 314 evictions over 12 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2007, when 5.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.1/10.
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 37129010600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129010600?
Census tract 37129010600 in Wilmington scores 3.5/10 (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 37129010600?
Median gross rent is $1,366/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37129010600?
5.4% of residents in tract 37129010600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,054.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37129010600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 36th, minority 22th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37129010600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 314 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37129010600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.13% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37129010600 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.8% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37129010600 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 37129010600 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Wilmington at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilmington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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