2 census tracts · pop 6,841 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.2/10
· range 3–5.4
Crest Street spans 2 census tracts of Durham, NC and houses 6,841 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.2/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. 69% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Durham rate of 29.4%.
At $715 a month, rents sit 53% under what the rest of Durham commands. This is a renter market: 99% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Food insecurity affects 44.2% of adults, 26.4 points above the national rate. Set annual rent against average household income of $21,212 and the ratio lands at 40%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
24.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 5.4, a 2.4-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10.
Severe burden reaches 13%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The poverty rate is 19%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 1 evictions logged in this tract.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 5.9% of renter households. Among the 58 mapped neighborhoods of Durham, it ranks #22 by risk, the middle third.
Judgments average 5.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, O'Briant Place and Audubon Park score within a fraction of it.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.4 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Crest Street vs DurhamHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority76%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 Crest Street
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1Total filings (sum)
5.88%Avg annual filing rate
5.9%Peak year (2016)
5.88%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Crest Street
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
28.9%Housing insecurity
23.9%Utility shutoff threat
43.5%Food insecurity
43.6%SNAP enrollment
15.7%No health insurance
42.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Crest Street
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Crest Street?
Crest Street scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Crest Street compare to Durham overall?
Crest Street scores 0.2 points higher than Durham overall (4/10). Renters spend 69% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $715 vs $1,508.
Q3
What is the average rent in Crest Street?
Average gross rent in Crest Street is $715/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Crest Street residents are renters?
99% of Crest Street households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Durham). The neighborhood has 6,841 residents.
Q5
Is Crest Street a high social-vulnerability area?
Crest Street sits in the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Crest Street have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Crest Street is census tract 37063001505 (score 5.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.4, a spread of 2.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Crest Street for landlords?
Crest Street carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.2/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Crest Street?
Crest Street has 7,235 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (36%), Black (non-Hispanic) (22.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (19.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
