Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally

Sunset Beach Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37019020518 · Brunswick County, NC · pop 3,297 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Sunset Beach

Sunset Beach in Brunswick County anchors census tract 37019020518, which lands at 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 5th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 22% of renter households, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $535 a month against an average household income of $82,279 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.

Risk score

2.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 12% Owners 85%

Tract context

Occupied units1,757

Renter share15.7%

SVI overall0.26

Poverty rate4.0%

Median income$82,279

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sunset Beach and the region

Centroid at 33.9071, -78.4833 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunset Beach scores 2.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Sunset Beach

4.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.8

State political climate

North Carolina legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

4.0% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$535 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Sunset Beach

1.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Sunset Beach

3.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Sunset Beach

2.7

How Sunset Beach compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

16%Socioeconomic
38%Household composition
11%Racial/ethnic minority
54%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.

4.9%Housing insecurity
3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
6.5%Food insecurity
4.6%SNAP enrollment
3.9%Transit barriers
6.5%No health insurance
11.1%Frequent mental distress
33.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunset Beach

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 3.3/10. 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 Sunset Beach, 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 4.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th 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 37019020518

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37019020518?

Census tract 37019020518 in Sunset Beach scores 2.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37019020518?

Median gross rent is $535/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37019020518?

4.0% of residents in tract 37019020518 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,297.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37019020518?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 38th, minority 11th, housing 54th.

What share of households in tract 37019020518 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.9% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37019020518 compare to Sunset Beach overall?

Tract 37019020518 scores 2.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Sunset Beach at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sunset Beach; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sunset Beach

Top eight tracts in Sunset Beach ranked by composite eviction-risk score.