Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Wilmington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37129010800 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 2,809 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Wilmington
37129010800 is a census tract in Wilmington, NC. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,809. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units989
Renter share58.2%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate34.0%
Median income$44,482
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 34.1835, -77.9463 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilmington scores 5.4
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
34.0% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$925 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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)
- 917Total filings over 12 yrs
- 13.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.2%Peak (2011)
- 47Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 45% 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.
- 25.6%Housing insecurity
- 18.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.9%Food insecurity
- 34.6%SNAP enrollment
- 18.1%Transit barriers
- 25.7%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 45.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wilmington
Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. At $925 a month, rents run 34% under what the rest of Wilmington commands.
The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, economic stress reads 8.5/10. Against the New Hanover County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
Housing insecurity runs 25.6% against 14.2% nationally. Against New Hanover County at 48.2%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Court records carry 917 eviction filings across 12 observed years. The worst year on record was 2011, when 13.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 13.3% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37129010800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129010800?
Census tract 37129010800 in Wilmington scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 37129010800?
Median gross rent is $925/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37129010800?
34.0% of residents in tract 37129010800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,809.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37129010800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 95th, minority 76th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37129010800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 917 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37129010800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.25% of renter households, peaking at 13.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37129010800 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.6% 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. 18.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37129010800 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 37129010800 scores 5.4/10, higher 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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