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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Muirfield Eviction Risk: Lower , Winston-Salem

Tract 37067002200 · Forsyth County, NC · pop 3,512 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 37067002200 in the Muirfield area of Winston-Salem, NC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,512 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 27% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,717
Renter share41.1%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$79,866

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Muirfield
Very High
Within parent city
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#46 of 65 tracts In Winston-Salem
Low
Within county
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#57 of 95 tracts In Forsyth County
Moderate
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#1,766 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Winston-Salem and the region

Centroid at 36.0855, -80.2848 · click any tract to drill in

Why Muirfield scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Winston-Salem
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,143 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Winston-Salem
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Winston-Salem
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Winston-Salem
3.5

How Muirfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Muirfield risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 0022003.6Winston-Salemparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 621Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 21.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 30.2%Peak (2006)
  • 144Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2012
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37067002200
Filings dropped 25% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Muirfield. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Muirfield

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Against Forsyth County at 41.1%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.

Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 9.3% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 621 eviction filings across 4 observed years.

SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Forsyth County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.

Filings peaked in 2006 at 30.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Winston-Salem. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 21.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 37067002200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37067002200?

Census tract 37067002200 in the Muirfield neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 37067002200?

Median gross rent is $1,143/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37067002200?

11.8% of residents in tract 37067002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,512.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37067002200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 48th, minority 37th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 37067002200 considered part of Muirfield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37067002200 fall within Muirfield (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37067002200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 621 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37067002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.23% of renter households, peaking at 30.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37067002200 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.2% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37067002200 compare to Winston-Salem overall?

Tract 37067002200 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Winston-Salem at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Winston-Salem eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 37067002200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Winston-Salem

Top eight tracts in Winston-Salem ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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