Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Wilmington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37129010700 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 4,306
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 37129010700 in Wilmington, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,306 residents. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.8/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,997
Renter share84.1%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate39.3%
Median income$41,614
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
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 34.1994, -77.9275 · 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
39.3% poverty · this tract
9.8
Supply constraint
$1,230 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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)
- 2,341Total filings over 12 yrs
- 12.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.2%Peak (2018)
- 267Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 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.
- 19.4%Housing insecurity
- 15.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.1%Food insecurity
- 27.6%SNAP enrollment
- 14.5%Transit barriers
- 14.3%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 43.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wilmington
Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $41,614 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the New Hanover County average of 48.2%.
Against the New Hanover County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
SNAP participation runs 27.6% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 27.1% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 2,341 evictions over 12 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $1,230, 12% below the Wilmington average. Filings peaked in 2018 at 16.2% of renter households.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37129010700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129010700?
Census tract 37129010700 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 37129010700?
Median gross rent is $1,230/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37129010700?
39.3% of residents in tract 37129010700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,306.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37129010700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 99th, minority 70th, housing 98th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37129010700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,341 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37129010700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.50% of renter households, peaking at 16.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37129010700 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.4% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37129010700 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 37129010700 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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