Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Waterford Eviction Risk: Lower , Cary
Tract 37183053618 · Wake County, NC · pop 4,390 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 37183053618 in the Waterford area of Cary, NC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,390. Cost burden runs 28% here against 42.7% across Wake County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 54%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,996
Renter share74.2%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$147,742
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cary and the region
Centroid at 35.8549, -78.9015 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waterford scores 3
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
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,541 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Waterford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
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
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.0%Food insecurity
- 3.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 11.7%Frequent mental distress
- 13.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waterford
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 74% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.4/10. Food insecurity runs 6.0% against 17.8% nationally. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Against the Wake County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Housing insecurity runs 5.8% against 14.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,541, 11% below the Cary average. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $147,742, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37183053618
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183053618?
Census tract 37183053618 in the Waterford neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 37183053618?
Median gross rent is $1,541/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37183053618?
5.4% of residents in tract 37183053618 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,390.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37183053618?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 1th, minority 86th, housing 32th.
Q5
Is tract 37183053618 considered part of Waterford?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183053618 fall within Waterford (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 37183053618 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37183053618 compare to Cary overall?
Tract 37183053618 scores 3/10, lower 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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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Low
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