Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Farren Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Cary
Tract 37183053506 · Wake County, NC · pop 5,981 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 37183053506 covers part of the Farren Forest area of Cary, NC, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,981 residents. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,566
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$107,346
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cary and the region
Centroid at 35.7587, -78.7718 · click any tract to drill in
Why Farren Forest scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cary
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,802 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cary
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cary
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cary
3.0
How Farren Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 39Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2015)
- 19Filings 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.
- 5.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.9%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 12.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Farren Forest
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. SNAP participation runs 5.0% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 39 filings here across 2 tracked years.
It sits 0.6 points below the Wake County average of 4.0. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2015 at 2.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 44% of renters.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 37183053506
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183053506?
Census tract 37183053506 in the Farren Forest neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 37183053506?
Median gross rent is $1,802/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37183053506?
9.6% of residents in tract 37183053506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,981.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37183053506?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 40th, minority 33th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 37183053506 considered part of Farren Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183053506 fall within Farren Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183053506?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183053506 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.73% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37183053506 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.8% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37183053506 compare to Cary overall?
Tract 37183053506 scores 3.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Cary at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cary eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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