1 census tracts · pop 6,750 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 5–5
Forest Hills maps to a single census tract in Hickory, NC and houses 6,750 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Hickory baseline of 26.0%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.9/10. At $849 a month, rents sit 20% under what the rest of Hickory commands.
Court records for this tract carry 2,066 eviction filings. The poverty rate is 18%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The worst year on record was 2002, when filings touched 15.4% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 8.7% in 2018, is well off that peak. That places it #4 of 8 neighborhoods in Hickory. For a like-for-like read, Green Park and Sweetwater score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Against average income of $51,718, annual rent is only 20%, a wide affordability cushion.
47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Forest Hills vs HickoryHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority56%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport82%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Forest Hills
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,066Total filings (sum)
12.54%Avg annual filing rate
15.4%Peak year (2002)
8.74%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Forest Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.6%Housing insecurity
7.6%Utility shutoff threat
14.7%Food insecurity
11.7%SNAP enrollment
10.7%No health insurance
33.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Forest Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Forest Hills?
Forest Hills scores 5/10 (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 Forest Hills compare to Hickory overall?
Forest Hills scores 1.0 points higher than Hickory overall (4/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 26% citywide. Average rent: $849 vs $1,063.
Q3
What is the average rent in Forest Hills?
Average gross rent in Forest Hills is $849/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Forest Hills residents are renters?
47% of Forest Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in Hickory). The neighborhood has 6,750 residents.
Q5
Is Forest Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Forest Hills sits in the 86th 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 Forest Hills for landlords?
Forest Hills carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). 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 Hickory as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Forest Hills?
Forest Hills has 6,906 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (57.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (18.3%), Hispanic / Latino (12.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
