Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Boiling Spring Lakes Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37019020204 · Brunswick County, NC · pop 6,729 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Boiling Spring Lakes
With a score of 4.2/10, tract 37019020204 in Boiling Spring Lakes, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,729 residents. Against Brunswick County at 40.6%, 15% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,913
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$60,202
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boiling Spring Lakes and the region
Centroid at 34.0268, -78.0892 · click any tract to drill in
Why Boiling Spring Lakes scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Boiling Spring Lakes
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,420 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Boiling Spring Lakes
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Boiling Spring Lakes
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Boiling Spring Lakes
5.3
How Boiling Spring Lakes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 160Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2012)
- 23Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 34.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Boiling Spring Lakes
Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 2.1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 160 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2012, when 6.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10. It tracks the Brunswick County average of 3.8 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,420, close to the Boiling Spring Lakes average. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $60,202.
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 37019020204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37019020204?
Census tract 37019020204 in Boiling Spring Lakes scores 4.2/10 (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 37019020204?
Median gross rent is $1,420/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37019020204?
10.3% of residents in tract 37019020204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,729.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37019020204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 45th, minority 17th, housing 63th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37019020204?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 160 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 37019020204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.59% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37019020204 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37019020204 compare to Boiling Spring Lakes overall?
Tract 37019020204 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Boiling Spring Lakes at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Boiling Spring Lakes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Boiling Spring Lakes
Top eight tracts in Boiling Spring Lakes ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Boiling Spring Lakes
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Brunswick County
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