Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Southport Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37019020306 · Brunswick County, NC · pop 2,119 · 63% of tract blocks fall in Southport
Tract 37019020306, home to 2,119 residents in Southport, scores 4.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 35% of US census tracts.
About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,003 a month while the average household earns $70,352 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units923
Renter share12.8%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$70,352
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Southport and the region
Centroid at 33.9514, -77.9922 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southport scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Southport
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,003 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Southport
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Southport
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Southport
4.2
How Southport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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)
- 76Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.7%Peak (2002)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 12.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southport
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 5.2/10. 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 inherited from Southport, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 76 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 6.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.7% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37019020306
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37019020306?
Census tract 37019020306 in Southport scores 2.5/10 (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 37019020306?
Median gross rent is $1,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37019020306?
5.4% of residents in tract 37019020306 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,119.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37019020306?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 18th, minority 15th, housing 73th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37019020306?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 76 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 37019020306 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.24% of renter households, peaking at 13.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37019020306 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37019020306 compare to Southport overall?
Tract 37019020306 scores 2.5/10, higher than the parent city of Southport at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Southport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Southport
Top eight tracts in Southport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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