Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Northwest Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37019020602 · Brunswick County, NC · pop 5,990 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Northwest
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 37019020602 in Northwest, NC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,990 residents. 17% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Brunswick County average of 40.6%.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,969
Renter share14.9%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$70,954
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northwest and the region
Centroid at 34.1645, -78.2038 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northwest scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Northwest
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$976 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Northwest
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Northwest
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Northwest
6.8
How Northwest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 176Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.4%Peak (2002)
- 28Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% 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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 10.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northwest
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Average gross rent is $976, 18% above the Northwest average.
Court records carry 176 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2002 at 11.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 15% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.8/10.
Against average income of $70,954, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Brunswick County average of 3.8 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37019020602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37019020602?
Census tract 37019020602 in Northwest scores 3.3/10 (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 37019020602?
Median gross rent is $976/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37019020602?
6.7% of residents in tract 37019020602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,990.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37019020602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 24th, minority 47th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37019020602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 176 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 37019020602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.74% of renter households, peaking at 11.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37019020602 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37019020602 compare to Northwest overall?
Tract 37019020602 scores 3.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Northwest at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Northwest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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