5 census tracts · pop 13,672 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.5/10
· range 3–4.4
Lakewood is a 5-tract neighborhood of Cramerton, NC, population 13,672. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.5/10, in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 42% against 27.5% citywide, putting Lakewood 14.1% over its own city.
Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.6/10. 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.
Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.8/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 4.4, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
At $1,125 a month, rents sit 18% under what the rest of Cramerton commands. Filings are well documented here: 409 across 2 observed tracts.
On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.5/10. Filing activity peaked in 2017 at 20.0% of renter households.
Judgments average 2.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Rent takes 17% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.4 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
5 tracts · population-weighted
Lakewood vs CramertonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority30%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport35%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Lakewood
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
409Total filings (sum)
8.19%Avg annual filing rate
20.0%Peak year (2017)
14.17%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Lakewood
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.6%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility shutoff threat
11.1%Food insecurity
8.5%SNAP enrollment
7.8%No health insurance
28.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Lakewood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Lakewood?
Lakewood scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier) across 5 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 Lakewood compare to Cramerton overall?
Lakewood scores 0.5 points lower than Cramerton overall (4/10). Renters spend 42% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $1,125 vs $1,364.
Q3
What is the average rent in Lakewood?
Average gross rent in Lakewood is $1,125/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Lakewood residents are renters?
35% of Lakewood households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Cramerton). The neighborhood has 13,672 residents.
Q5
Is Lakewood a high social-vulnerability area?
Lakewood sits in the 33rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Lakewood have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Lakewood is census tract 37071032403 (score 4.4/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.4, a spread of 1.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Lakewood for landlords?
Lakewood carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.5/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Cramerton as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Lakewood?
Lakewood has 13,894 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (82.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9.1%), Hispanic / Latino (4.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
