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Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Wilmington Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37129011701 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 4,917

Census tract 37129011701 covers part of Wilmington, NC, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,917. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 19% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,657
Renter share36.3%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$92,889

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#25 of 32 tracts In Wilmington
Low
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 54 tracts In New Hanover County
Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#1,766 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
National
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#63,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wilmington and the region

Centroid at 34.2487, -77.8422 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wilmington scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,865 rent vs county FMR
6.8
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.
Wilmington risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 0117014.0Wilmingtonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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

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)

  • 337Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 4.77%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.0%Peak (2006)
  • 25Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37129011701
Filings dropped 32% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wilmington

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,865, 34% above the Wilmington average.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10.

Food insecurity runs 7.1% against 17.8% nationally. The voucher gap is 18.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 337 filings here across 12 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 5.8% against 14.2% nationally.

It sits 0.8 points below the New Hanover County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2006, when 9.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 37129011701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129011701?

Census tract 37129011701 in Wilmington scores 3.2/10 (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 37129011701?

Median gross rent is $1,865/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37129011701?

8.4% of residents in tract 37129011701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,917.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37129011701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 47th, minority 27th, housing 82th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37129011701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 337 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37129011701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.77% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 37129011701 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.8% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 37129011701 compare to Wilmington overall?

Tract 37129011701 scores 3.2/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wilmington

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

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