Neighborhood · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Woodcroft Eviction Risk: Lower , Durham
Tract 37063002023 ·
Durham County, NC · pop 2,860 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
The Woodcroft area of Durham is where census tract 37063002023 sits, home to 2,860 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.6/10. That is riskier than about 60% of US census tracts.
39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,445 a month while the average household earns $102,218 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%Stable renters 32%Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,309
Renter share52.6%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$102,218
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Woodcroft
Moderate
Within parent city
25th percentile
#53 of 70 tracts In Durham
Low
Within county
28th percentile
#49 of 68 tracts In Durham County
Low
Within state
31th percentile
#1,837 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Durham and the region
Centroid at 35.9187, -78.9415 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodcroft scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Durham
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,445 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Durham
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Durham
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Durham
4.5
How Woodcroft compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
19%Socioeconomic
16%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
47%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,078Total filings over 11 yrs
43.80%Avg annual filing rate
47.3%Peak (2010)
83Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2005 to 2017
Filings dropped 49% over the past 11 months.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
6.4%Housing insecurity
4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
6.3%Food insecurity
4.4%SNAP enrollment
4.6%Transit barriers
5.0%No health insurance
12.7%Frequent mental distress
21.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodcroft
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Durham eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Durham County average of 5.9 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37063002023
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37063002023?
Census tract 37063002023 in the Woodcroft neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 37063002023?
Median gross rent is $1,445/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37063002023?
7.5% of residents in tract 37063002023 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,860.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37063002023?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 16th, minority 55th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 37063002023 considered part of Woodcroft?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37063002023 fall within Woodcroft (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37063002023?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,078 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 37063002023 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 43.80% of renter households, peaking at 47.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37063002023 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37063002023 compare to Durham overall?
Tract 37063002023 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Durham at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Durham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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