After a dramatic drop during the Covid-19 pandemic’s eviction moratorium, evictions in North Carolina have rebounded — and then some.
Data from the North Carolina Judicial Branch shows 4,133 evictions filed in fiscal year 24/25 in New Hanover County alone — the most filed in any year since statewide data became available. Across the entire state, there were 202,861 evictions filed in that same time period.
The statewide trend is particularly strong in fast-growing counties around major metros, like Pender, New Hanover, and Brunswick near Wilmington, or Chatham County near Raleigh. Mecklenburg County stood out especially — rising from 46,850 evictions in 2023/24 to 52,650 in 2024/2025. Pre-pandemic, Mecklenburg’s evictions consistently stayed below 35,000 annually…