1 census tracts · pop 11,342 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Brightwood Trails maps to a single census tract in Durham, NC and houses 11,342 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. Against a Durham baseline of 29.4%, 45% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.3/10. Average gross rent is $1,938, 29% above the Durham average of $1,508.
Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 566 evictions logged in this tract.
11% 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. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 19.6% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 13.8% in 2017 against a 19.6% peak.
That places it #44 of 58 neighborhoods in Durham. At 9% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Homeplace III and Black Horse Run. Against average income of $127,425, annual rent is only 18%, a wide affordability cushion.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 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
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Brightwood Trails vs DurhamHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority68%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport13%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Brightwood Trails
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
566Total filings (sum)
14.42%Avg annual filing rate
19.6%Peak year (2016)
13.77%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Brightwood Trails
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.4%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility shutoff threat
10.8%Food insecurity
7.8%SNAP enrollment
7.8%No health insurance
23.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Brightwood Trails
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Brightwood Trails?
Brightwood Trails scores 3/10 (Lower 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 Brightwood Trails compare to Durham overall?
Brightwood Trails scores 1.0 points lower than Durham overall (4/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,938 vs $1,508.
Q3
What is the average rent in Brightwood Trails?
Average gross rent in Brightwood Trails is $1,938/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Brightwood Trails residents are renters?
9% of Brightwood Trails households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Durham). The neighborhood has 11,342 residents.
Q5
Is Brightwood Trails a high social-vulnerability area?
Brightwood Trails sits in the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Brightwood Trails for landlords?
Brightwood Trails carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 Durham as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Brightwood Trails?
Brightwood Trails has 11,100 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (42.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (38.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (8.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
