Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Southport Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37019020306 · Brunswick County, NC · pop 2,119 · 63% of tract blocks fall in Southport
With a score of 3.2/10, tract 37019020306 in Southport, NC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,119. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.4/10.
Risk score
3.2
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
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
25
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 3.2
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 severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $1,003, 30% below the Southport average. Cost burden runs 49% here against 40.6% across Brunswick County.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 5.7% against 14.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 76 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2002 at 13.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 13% 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. Social vulnerability reads 4.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37019020306
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37019020306?
Census tract 37019020306 in Southport scores 3.2/10 (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 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Southport at 3.4/10. 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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