Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Wilmington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37129010200 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 3,928
37129010200 is a census tract in Wilmington, NC. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,928 residents. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,750
Renter share53.1%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate38.9%
Median income$45,333
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 34.2326, -77.9253 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilmington scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wilmington
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
38.9% poverty · this tract
9.7
Supply constraint
$1,206 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilmington
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilmington
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilmington
3.5
How Wilmington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 67%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)
- 831Total filings over 12 yrs
- 10.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.1%Peak (2006)
- 39Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 51% over the past 12 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.
- 16.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.7%Food insecurity
- 21.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 37.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wilmington
Against New Hanover County at 48.2%, 74% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.7/10. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. It sits 1.4 points above the New Hanover County average of 4.0.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. The filing record is not thin: 831 evictions over 12 years of observation.
At $1,206 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Wilmington commands. Filings peaked in 2006 at 15.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 10.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37129010200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129010200?
Census tract 37129010200 in Wilmington scores 5.4/10 (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 37129010200?
Median gross rent is $1,206/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37129010200?
38.9% of residents in tract 37129010200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,928.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37129010200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 43th, minority 67th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37129010200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 831 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37129010200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.67% of renter households, peaking at 15.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37129010200 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.4% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37129010200 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 37129010200 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Wilmington at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilmington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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