Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Iron Gate Eviction Risk: Lower , Apex
Tract 37183053417 · Wake County, NC · pop 5,031 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 37183053417 covers Iron Gate in Apex in North Carolina. Home to 5,031 residents, it scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #30,459 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
68% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,645 monthly, set against $86,917 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,909
Renter share39.6%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$86,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Apex and the region
Centroid at 35.7074, -78.8686 · click any tract to drill in
Why Iron Gate scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Apex
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,645 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Apex
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Apex
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Apex
3.3
How Iron Gate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
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)
- 62Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2016)
- 35Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.2%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Iron Gate
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Apex eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Wake County average of 5.3 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 62 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 5.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.2% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37183053417
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183053417?
Census tract 37183053417 in the Iron Gate neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (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 37183053417?
Median gross rent is $1,645/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37183053417?
8.5% of residents in tract 37183053417 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,031.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37183053417?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 72th, minority 49th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 37183053417 considered part of Iron Gate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183053417 fall within Iron Gate (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183053417?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183053417 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.43% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37183053417 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37183053417 compare to Apex overall?
Tract 37183053417 scores 2.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Apex at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Apex eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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/ 10 · Very Low
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