Winston-Salem Eviction Risk: Moderate

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 58%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 32.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.5/10. Annualized rent equals 41% of average household income of $22,218, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $751, 31% below the Winston-Salem average. 72% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Adults with no health insurance runs 24.4% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 1.1 points above the Forsyth County average of 3.9.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.