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Neighborhood · Winston-Salem, NC

Timberfield Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 4,321 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Timberfield is a one-tract neighborhood of Winston-Salem, NC and houses 4,321 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3/10, in the Lower tier. At $2,122 a month, rents sit 95% over what the rest of Winston-Salem commands.

The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. The voucher gap is 82.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

20% 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. Running cool is economic stress, at 2.2/10.

Court records for this tract carry 24 eviction filings. SNAP participation is 6.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 8.4% of adults, 9.4 points below the national rate.

The worst year on record was 2005, when filings touched 13.0% of renter households. 34% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, slightly above the Winston-Salem rate of 30.4%. The most recent observed rate, 1.6% in 2012, is well off that peak.

That places it #21 of 26 neighborhoods in Winston-Salem. At 9% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. For a like-for-like read, Bridalcreek and Forsyth Forest score within a fraction of it.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Timberfield vs Winston-Salem How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
33.6% +11%
Winston-Salem: 30.4%
Average gross rent
$2,122 +95%
Winston-Salem: $1,087
Average HH income
$110,387 +91%
Winston-Salem: $57,673
Poverty rate
8.9% -50%
Winston-Salem: 17.9%
Renter share
8.7% -80%
Winston-Salem: 44.4%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Timberfield and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3–3

Why Timberfield scores 3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.3–2.3 across tracts
2.3
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts
5.7
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Rent control risk
34% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
9% renter households · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Economic stress
8.9% below poverty line · Range 2.2–2.2 across tracts
2.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Risk score comparison

Timberfield vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Timberfield score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0TimberfieldNeighborhood3.6Parent cityhost city3.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Timberfield

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
37067004104 3 4,321 34% $2,122
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 23

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 20%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 82%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 43%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 7%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Timberfield

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 24Total filings (sum)
  • 5.31%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.0%Peak year (2005)
  • 1.60%Latest filed (2012)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Timberfield

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Timberfield

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Timberfield?

Timberfield 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 Timberfield compare to Winston-Salem overall?

Timberfield scores 0.6 points lower than Winston-Salem overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 34% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $2,122 vs $1,087.
Q3

What is the average rent in Timberfield?

Average gross rent in Timberfield is $2,122/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Timberfield residents are renters?

9% of Timberfield households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Winston-Salem). The neighborhood has 4,321 residents.
Q5

Is Timberfield a high social-vulnerability area?

Timberfield sits in the 23rd 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 Timberfield for landlords?

Timberfield 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 Winston-Salem as a whole (3.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Timberfield?

Timberfield has 4,346 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (66.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (22.5%), Hispanic / Latino (6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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