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Neighborhood · Burlington, NC

Piedmont Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 4,213 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10 · range 4.8–4.8

Piedmont Heights maps to a single census tract in Burlington, NC and houses 4,213 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.8/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 57% against 28.4% citywide, putting Piedmont Heights 28.7% over its own city.

The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 44%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

28% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 28.7% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Disability prevalence reaches 47.6% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.

Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.3/10. Court records for this tract carry 2,058 eviction filings.

At $889 a month, rents sit 15% under what the rest of Burlington commands. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 16.5% of renter households.

Recent filings have not receded much: 14.6% in 2018 against a 16.5% peak. That places it #1 of 13 neighborhoods in Burlington.

One tract means one number: 4.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Piedmont Heights vs Burlington How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
57.1% +101%
Burlington: 28.4%
Average gross rent
$889 -15%
Burlington: $1,051
Average HH income
$30,256 -45%
Burlington: $54,941
Poverty rate
44.4% +147%
Burlington: 18.0%
Renter share
54.5% +18%
Burlington: 46.2%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Piedmont Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 4.8–4.8

Why Piedmont Heights scores 4.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.3–2.3 across tracts
2.3
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.6–4.6 across tracts
4.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Rent control risk
57% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
55% renter households · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts
2.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Economic stress
44.4% below poverty line · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.3–2.3 across tracts
2.3
Risk score comparison

Piedmont Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Piedmont Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.8Piedmont HeightsNeighborhood3.4Parent cityhost city3.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Piedmont Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
37001020200 4.8 4,213 57% $889
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 95

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 98%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 91%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 82%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 73%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Piedmont Heights

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 2,058Total filings (sum)
  • 15.55%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.5%Peak year (2015)
  • 14.58%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Piedmont Heights

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Piedmont Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Piedmont Heights?

Piedmont Heights scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Piedmont Heights compare to Burlington overall?

Piedmont Heights scores 1.4 points higher than Burlington overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $889 vs $1,051.
Q3

What is the average rent in Piedmont Heights?

Average gross rent in Piedmont Heights is $889/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Piedmont Heights residents are renters?

55% of Piedmont Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 46% in Burlington). The neighborhood has 4,213 residents.
Q5

Is Piedmont Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Piedmont Heights sits in the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Piedmont Heights for landlords?

Piedmont Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Burlington as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Piedmont Heights?

Piedmont Heights has 4,364 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (38.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (35.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (22.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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