1 census tracts · pop 3,095 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10
· range 4.4–4.4
Bluford Heights is a one-tract neighborhood of Greensboro, NC, population 3,095. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.4/10, Moderate tier. Against a Greensboro baseline of 32.4%, 57% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
27% 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. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 362 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 25.8% of renter households. That places it #19 of 35 neighborhoods in Greensboro.
Judgments average 3.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,169, close to the Greensboro average.
Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $49,669. 64% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 4.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Bluford Heights vs GreensboroHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority93%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport76%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bluford Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
362Total filings (sum)
13.59%Avg annual filing rate
25.8%Peak year (2016)
25.83%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bluford Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
20.6%Housing insecurity
13.9%Utility shutoff threat
24.9%Food insecurity
22.0%SNAP enrollment
11.9%No health insurance
37.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bluford Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bluford Heights?
Bluford Heights scores 4.4/10 (Moderate 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 Bluford Heights compare to Greensboro overall?
Bluford Heights scores 0.5 points higher than Greensboro overall (3.9/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,169 vs $1,172.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bluford Heights?
Average gross rent in Bluford Heights is $1,169/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bluford Heights residents are renters?
64% of Bluford Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Greensboro). The neighborhood has 3,095 residents.
Q5
Is Bluford Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Bluford Heights sits in the 77th 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 Bluford Heights for landlords?
Bluford Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). 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 Greensboro as a whole (3.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Bluford Heights?
Bluford Heights has 3,089 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (73.1%), Other / Multiracial (11.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
