Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
St. James Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37019020304 · Brunswick County, NC · pop 9,654 · 45% of tract blocks fall in St. James
In St. James, census tract 37019020304 scores 3.9/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 10% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,409 a month against an average household income of $101,521 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units4,751
Renter share7.2%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$101,521
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. James and the region
Centroid at 33.9437, -78.1054 · click any tract to drill in
Why St. James scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. James
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,409 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. James
1.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. James
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. James
2.0
How St. James compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 89Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.9%Peak (2003)
- 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 21% 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.
- 3.8%Housing insecurity
- 2.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.5%Food insecurity
- 4.0%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 9.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in St. James
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. 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 St. James, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Brunswick County average of 4.9 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 89 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 5.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.9% of renter households in 2003.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th 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.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 37019020304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37019020304?
Census tract 37019020304 in St. James scores 1.9/10 (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 37019020304?
Median gross rent is $1,409/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37019020304?
5.9% of residents in tract 37019020304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,654.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37019020304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 28th, minority 12th, housing 13th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37019020304?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 89 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 37019020304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.51% of renter households, peaking at 11.9% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37019020304 struggle to pay rent?
About 3.8% 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. 2.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37019020304 compare to St. James overall?
Tract 37019020304 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of St. James at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. James; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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