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Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally

Laurel Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Chapel Hill

Tract 37135012201 · Orange County, NC · pop 3,533 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 37135012201 covers Laurel Hill in Chapel Hill, home to 3,533 residents. For landlords it grades 5.3/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,788 a month against an average household income of $181,641 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 6% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,403
Renter share11.5%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$181,641

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Laurel Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 17 tracts In Chapel Hill
Very Low
Within county
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 42 tracts In Orange County
Very Low
Within state
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#2,146 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chapel Hill and the region

Centroid at 35.8841, -79.0383 · click any tract to drill in

Why Laurel Hill scores 2.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chapel Hill
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,788 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chapel Hill
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chapel Hill
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chapel Hill
4.0

How Laurel Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Laurel Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.52.5This tracttract 012201Chapel Hill: 3.43.4Chapel Hillparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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)

  • 64Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 1.58%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.1%Peak (2002)
  • 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 371350122012002: 20 filings (4.10/100 renter HHs)2003: 7 filings (1.43/100 renter HHs)2004: 6 filings (1.23/100 renter HHs)2005: 4 filings (0.84/100 renter HHs)2006: 3 filings (0.63/100 renter HHs)2007: 3 filings (0.63/100 renter HHs)2008: 4 filings (0.84/100 renter HHs)2009: 3 filings (0.63/100 renter HHs)2010: 5 filings (2.38/100 renter HHs)2011: 3 filings (2.59/100 renter HHs)2012: 3 filings (2.59/100 renter HHs)2013: 2 filings (1.72/100 renter HHs)2015: 1 filings (0.86/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 95% over the past 13 months.
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 Laurel Hill

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chapel Hill eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Orange County average of 5.4 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 64 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.1% of renter households in 2002.

In CDC survey modeling, about 4.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 37135012201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37135012201?

Census tract 37135012201 in the Laurel Hill neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (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 37135012201?

Median gross rent is $1,788/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37135012201?

2.8% of residents in tract 37135012201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,533.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37135012201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 40th, minority 29th, housing 42th.
Q5

Is tract 37135012201 considered part of Laurel Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37135012201 fall within Laurel Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37135012201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 64 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 37135012201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.58% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37135012201 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.7% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37135012201 compare to Chapel Hill overall?

Tract 37135012201 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Chapel Hill at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chapel Hill eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chapel Hill

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

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