Skippers Corner Eviction Risk: Moderate

Against New Hanover County at 48.2%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 8.3/10.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

SNAP participation runs 26.4% against 15.2% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the New Hanover County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $55,674. 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.