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Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally

Wilmington Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37129011000 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 2,190

Census tract 37129011000 sits in Wilmington eviction risk in New Hanover County, North Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $522 monthly, set against $37,705 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 75% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 49% Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,079
Renter share74.6%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate30.7%
Median income$37,705

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 32 tracts In Wilmington
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 54 tracts In New Hanover County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#90 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Very High
National
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#13,119 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wilmington and the region

Centroid at 34.2138, -77.9345 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wilmington scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
30.7% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$522 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.
Wilmington risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.95.9This tracttract 011000Wilmington: 3.13.1Wilmingtonparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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)

  • 2,612Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 21.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 36.1%Peak (2007)
  • 97Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 371290110002005: 338 filings (31.24/100 renter HHs)2006: 215 filings (19.87/100 renter HHs)2007: 391 filings (36.14/100 renter HHs)2008: 352 filings (32.53/100 renter HHs)2009: 190 filings (17.56/100 renter HHs)2010: 237 filings (29.22/100 renter HHs)2011: 220 filings (23.11/100 renter HHs)2012: 133 filings (13.97/100 renter HHs)2013: 184 filings (19.33/100 renter HHs)2014: 169 filings (17.75/100 renter HHs)2015: 86 filings (9.03/100 renter HHs)2018: 97 filings (10.31/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 71% 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 Wilmington

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.7/10. 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 about the same as the New Hanover County average of 5.2 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 74th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 22.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 37129011000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129011000?

Census tract 37129011000 in Wilmington scores 5.9/10 (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 37129011000?

Median gross rent is $522/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37129011000?

30.7% of residents in tract 37129011000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,190.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37129011000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 71th, minority 72th, housing 49th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37129011000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,612 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37129011000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.67% of renter households, peaking at 36.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37129011000 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.7% 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. 18.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37129011000 compare to Wilmington overall?

Tract 37129011000 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Wilmington at 3.1/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wilmington

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

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