Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Northwoods Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cary
Tract 37183053520 · Wake County, NC · pop 6,329 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 4.7/10, tract 37183053520 in the Northwoods area of Cary, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,329. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,788
Renter share62.4%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$87,476
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cary and the region
Centroid at 35.8003, -78.7752 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northwoods scores 4.7
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
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,362 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Northwoods compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 407Total filings over 2 yrs
- 11.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.2%Peak (2015)
- 162Filings 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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 24.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northwoods
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. At $1,362 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Cary commands.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 407 filings here across 2 tracked years.
It sits 0.7 points above the Wake County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2015, when 14.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 11.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 4.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37183053520
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183053520?
Census tract 37183053520 in the Northwoods neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 37183053520?
Median gross rent is $1,362/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37183053520?
17.1% of residents in tract 37183053520 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,329.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37183053520?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 20th, minority 55th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 37183053520 considered part of Northwoods?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183053520 fall within Northwoods (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183053520?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 407 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183053520 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.87% of renter households, peaking at 14.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37183053520 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37183053520 compare to Cary overall?
Tract 37183053520 scores 4.7/10, higher than 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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