1 census tracts · pop 4,622 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Lochmere Highlands is a one-tract neighborhood of Cary, NC and houses 4,622 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3/10, placing it in the Lower tier. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
On the softer side is economic stress, at 1/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 4.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
SNAP participation is 2.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 2 evictions logged in this tract.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 3.6% of renter households.
Among the 39 mapped neighborhoods of Cary, it ranks #11 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 3.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
At 1% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
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
Lochmere Highlands vs CaryHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority26%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 Lochmere Highlands
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2Total filings (sum)
3.64%Avg annual filing rate
3.6%Peak year (2015)
3.64%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Lochmere Highlands
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
4.0%Housing insecurity
2.7%Utility shutoff threat
4.2%Food insecurity
2.6%SNAP enrollment
3.9%No health insurance
20.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Lochmere Highlands
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Lochmere Highlands?
Lochmere Highlands 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 Lochmere Highlands compare to Cary overall?
Lochmere Highlands scores 0.4 points lower than Cary overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 0% of income on rent vs 25% citywide.
Q3
What percentage of Lochmere Highlands residents are renters?
1% of Lochmere Highlands households are renter-occupied (vs 33% in Cary). The neighborhood has 4,622 residents.
Q4
Is Lochmere Highlands a high social-vulnerability area?
Lochmere Highlands 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.
Q5
How safe is Lochmere Highlands for landlords?
Lochmere Highlands 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.
Q6
What is the demographic breakdown of Lochmere Highlands?
Lochmere Highlands has 4,446 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (83.9%), Hispanic / Latino (5.4%), Other / Multiracial (5.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
