Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Wilmington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37129010900 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 1,840 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Wilmington
Tract 37129010900 sits in Wilmington eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. It is home to 1,840 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units948
Renter share43.8%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$71,398
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 34.2039, -77.9489 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilmington scores 3.4
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
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,353 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 495Total filings over 12 yrs
- 7.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.1%Peak (2015)
- 30Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 41% 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.8%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wilmington
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.1/10. Against New Hanover County at 48.2%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 495 eviction filings across 12 observed years.
It sits 0.6 points below the New Hanover County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2015, when 11.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 7.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.3/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent is $1,353, close to the Wilmington average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $71,398.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37129010900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129010900?
Census tract 37129010900 in Wilmington scores 3.4/10 (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 37129010900?
Median gross rent is $1,353/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37129010900?
4.5% of residents in tract 37129010900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,840.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37129010900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 1th, minority 8th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37129010900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 495 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37129010900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.91% of renter households, peaking at 11.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37129010900 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37129010900 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 37129010900 scores 3.4/10, lower 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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