Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 37129012106 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37129012106 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 7,159
Census tract 37129012106 covers New Hanover, home to 7,159 residents. For landlords it grades 5.2/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #46,138 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,411 monthly, set against $82,106 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,999
Renter share23.3%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$82,106
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Hanover County and the region
Centroid at 34.1078, -77.9193 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 37129012106 scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,411 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 37129012106 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 37129012106
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by North Carolina eviction laws law, 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% 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 37129012106
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129012106?
Census tract 37129012106 in New Hanover County scores 2.8/10 (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 37129012106?
Median gross rent is $1,411/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37129012106?
7.8% of residents in tract 37129012106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,159.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37129012106?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 21th, minority 25th, housing 27th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37129012106 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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