Within parent city
3
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Wilmington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37129011703 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 4,454 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Wilmington
Census tract 37129011703 covers part of Wilmington, NC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,454. 44% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,278
Renter share31.2%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$163,712
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 34.2360, -77.8227 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilmington scores 3
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
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,064 rent vs county FMR
8.1
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: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 109Total filings over 12 yrs
- 5.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2010)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% 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.
- 3.9%Housing insecurity
- 2.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.3%Food insecurity
- 2.9%SNAP enrollment
- 3.2%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 11.1%Frequent mental distress
- 26.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wilmington
At $2,064 a month, rents run 48% over what the rest of Wilmington commands. Against New Hanover County at 48.2%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.
The voucher gap is 30.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Food insecurity runs 4.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 8.1/10. Against the New Hanover County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 109 filings here across 12 tracked years.
Adults with no health insurance runs 4.3% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2010, when 11.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37129011703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129011703?
Census tract 37129011703 in Wilmington scores 3/10 (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 37129011703?
Median gross rent is $2,064/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37129011703?
1.5% of residents in tract 37129011703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,454.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37129011703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 8th, minority 13th, housing 19th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37129011703?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 109 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37129011703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.60% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37129011703 struggle to pay rent?
About 3.9% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37129011703 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 37129011703 scores 3/10, 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.
Tract · NC
37129011400
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37129010100
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
Seahawk Village
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37129010200
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
Seahawk Village
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
University Suites
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
Shinnwood West
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
University Suites
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Related