Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Russell Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cary
Tract 37183053507 ·
Wake County, NC · pop 3,718 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 4.3/10, tract 37183053507 in the Russell Hills area of Cary, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Against Wake County at 42.7%, 69% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%Stable renters 16%Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,773
Renter share53.0%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$62,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Russell Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
95th percentile
#3 of 40 tracts In Cary
Very High
Within county
62th percentile
#87 of 230 tracts In Wake County
Elevated
Within state
62th percentile
#1,007 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cary and the region
Centroid at 35.7793, -78.7903 · click any tract to drill in
Why Russell Hills scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,269 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Russell Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
44%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
47%Racial/ethnic minority
71%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)
88Total filings over 2 yrs
4.97%Avg annual filing rate
5.3%Peak (2015)
42Filings 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.
7.4%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
8.9%Food insecurity
6.2%SNAP enrollment
5.3%Transit barriers
8.5%No health insurance
13.1%Frequent mental distress
29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Russell Hills
The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,269, 27% below the Cary average.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.9/10. SNAP participation runs 6.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 8.9% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 88 evictions over 2 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2015, when 5.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37183053507
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183053507?
Census tract 37183053507 in the Russell Hills neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 37183053507?
Median gross rent is $1,269/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37183053507?
7.8% of residents in tract 37183053507 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,718.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37183053507?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 66th, minority 47th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 37183053507 considered part of Russell Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183053507 fall within Russell Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183053507?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 88 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183053507 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.97% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37183053507 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37183053507 compare to Cary overall?
Tract 37183053507 scores 4.3/10, 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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