Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Calabash Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37019020517 · Brunswick County, NC · pop 2,938 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Calabash
37019020517 is a census tract in Calabash, NC. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.8/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,338
Renter share9.0%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$75,726
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Calabash and the region
Centroid at 33.8860, -78.5462 · click any tract to drill in
Why Calabash scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Calabash
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,007 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Calabash
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Calabash
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Calabash
8.4
How Calabash compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Calabash
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,007, 26% below the Calabash average.
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. It sits 0.9 points above the Brunswick County average of 3.8.
Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 8.1% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 9% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $75,726, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 43% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37019020517
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37019020517?
Census tract 37019020517 in Calabash scores 4.7/10 (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 37019020517?
Median gross rent is $1,007/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37019020517?
14.2% of residents in tract 37019020517 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,938.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37019020517?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 27th, minority 22th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37019020517 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37019020517 compare to Calabash overall?
Tract 37019020517 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Calabash at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Calabash; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Calabash
Top eight tracts in Calabash ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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