Within parent city
55
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Wilmington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37129012008 · New Hanover County, NC · pop 6,923 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Wilmington
Tract 37129012008 sits in Wilmington eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units3,314
Renter share67.4%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$57,143
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 34.1568, -77.8953 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilmington scores 4.7
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
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,305 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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)
- 2,344Total filings over 12 yrs
- 18.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 43.1%Peak (2008)
- 137Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 23% 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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wilmington
Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Against New Hanover County at 48.2%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,344 filings here across 12 tracked years. Against the New Hanover County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 43.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 18.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 6.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,305, close to the Wilmington average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $57,143.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37129012008
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37129012008?
Census tract 37129012008 in Wilmington scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 37129012008?
Median gross rent is $1,305/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37129012008?
13.3% of residents in tract 37129012008 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,923.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37129012008?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 60th, minority 43th, housing 75th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37129012008?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,344 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 37129012008 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.84% of renter households, peaking at 43.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37129012008 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37129012008 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 37129012008 scores 4.7/10, higher 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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