1 census tracts · pop 7,503 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.9/10
· range 3.9–3.9
Beacon Hill maps to a single census tract in Winston-Salem, NC, population 7,503. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.9/10, placing it in the Lower tier. Against a Winston-Salem baseline of 30.4%, 48% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 26%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Court records for this tract carry 1,078 eviction filings. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10. Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 20.6% of renter households.
Running cool is economic stress, at 3/10. Average gross rent is $977, 10% below the Winston-Salem average of $1,087. Among the 26 mapped neighborhoods of Winston-Salem, it ranks #15 by risk, the middle third.
Judgments average 4.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, West End and Carriage Cove score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.3/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $53,782.
One tract means one number: 3.9/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Beacon Hill vs Winston-SalemHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority85%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport79%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Beacon Hill
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,078Total filings (sum)
20.64%Avg annual filing rate
20.6%Peak year (2012)
20.55%Latest filed (2012)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Beacon Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
20.2%Housing insecurity
13.0%Utility shutoff threat
24.4%Food insecurity
20.1%SNAP enrollment
16.1%No health insurance
36.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Beacon Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Beacon Hill?
Beacon Hill scores 3.9/10 (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 Beacon Hill compare to Winston-Salem overall?
Beacon Hill scores 0.3 points higher than Winston-Salem overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $977 vs $1,087.
Q3
What is the average rent in Beacon Hill?
Average gross rent in Beacon Hill is $977/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Beacon Hill residents are renters?
55% of Beacon Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Winston-Salem). The neighborhood has 7,503 residents.
Q5
Is Beacon Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Beacon Hill sits in the 81st 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 Beacon Hill for landlords?
Beacon Hill carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.9/10). 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 Winston-Salem as a whole (3.6/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Beacon Hill?
Beacon Hill has 7,077 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (49.9%), Hispanic / Latino (29.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (18%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
