1 census tracts · pop 3,891 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Buckingham maps to a single census tract in Cary, NC and houses 3,891 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. 84% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Cary rate of 24.9%.
At $2,738 a month, rents sit 58% over what the rest of Cary commands. What pushes the score up most is supply constraint at 10/10. The voucher gap is 55.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 6.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 1 evictions logged in this tract. Food insecurity affects 6.6% of adults, 11.2 points below the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 2.9% of renter households.
Among the 39 mapped neighborhoods of Cary, it ranks #11 by risk, the upper third. At 16% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
For a like-for-like read, Wellsley and Preston Oaks score within a fraction of it.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Buckingham vs CaryHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority55%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport1%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Buckingham
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1Total filings (sum)
2.86%Avg annual filing rate
2.9%Peak year (2016)
2.86%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Buckingham
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
6.1%Housing insecurity
3.9%Utility shutoff threat
6.6%Food insecurity
4.4%SNAP enrollment
5.5%No health insurance
21.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Buckingham
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Buckingham?
Buckingham 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 Buckingham compare to Cary overall?
Buckingham scores 0.4 points lower than Cary overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 84% of income on rent vs 25% citywide. Average rent: $2,738 vs $1,738.
Q3
What is the average rent in Buckingham?
Average gross rent in Buckingham is $2,738/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 84% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Buckingham residents are renters?
16% of Buckingham households are renter-occupied (vs 33% in Cary). The neighborhood has 3,891 residents.
Q5
Is Buckingham a high social-vulnerability area?
Buckingham sits in the 2nd 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 Buckingham for landlords?
Buckingham 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 Cary as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Buckingham?
Buckingham has 3,809 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (62.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (23.5%), Other / Multiracial (6.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
