Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally

Murraysville Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37129011612 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 5,808 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Murraysville

Census tract 37129011612 runs through Murraysville. With 5,808 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.

About 69% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,954 monthly, set against $81,345 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

2.7

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 7% Owners 78%

Tract context

Occupied units2,859

Renter share21.7%

SVI overall0.05

Poverty rate9.9%

Median income$81,345

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Murraysville and the region

Centroid at 34.2945, -77.8109 · click any tract to drill in

Why Murraysville scores 2.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Murraysville

5.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.1

State political climate

North Carolina legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

9.9% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$1,954 rent vs county FMR

7.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Murraysville

7.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Murraysville

5.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Murraysville

5.2

How Murraysville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

42%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
37%Racial/ethnic minority
7%Housing & transportation

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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
10.8%Food insecurity
8.6%SNAP enrollment
6.8%Transit barriers
8.2%No health insurance
16.8%Frequent mental distress
27.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Murraysville

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 7.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Murraysville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the New Hanover County average of 5.2 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 5th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 37129011612

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129011612?

Census tract 37129011612 in Murraysville scores 2.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37129011612?

Median gross rent is $1,954/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37129011612?

9.9% of residents in tract 37129011612 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,808.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37129011612?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 1th, minority 37th, housing 7th.

What share of households in tract 37129011612 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37129011612 compare to Murraysville overall?

Tract 37129011612 scores 2.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Murraysville at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Murraysville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Murraysville

Top eight tracts in Murraysville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.