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Neighborhood · Cary, NC

Wellsley Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 4,024 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Wellsley is a one-tract neighborhood of Cary, NC and houses 4,024 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3/10, in the Lower tier. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

The voucher gap is 27.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.3/10. At $2,245 a month, rents sit 29% over what the rest of Cary commands.

The severe-burden share is 20%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Cost burden runs 31% against 24.9% citywide, putting Wellsley 5.8% over its own city. Running hot is supply constraint at 7.7/10.

Disability prevalence reaches 17.2% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Court records for this tract carry 2 eviction filings. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 1.1% of renter households.

4.3% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. That places it #11 of 39 neighborhoods in Cary. Judgments average 0.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

At 23% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Wellsley vs Cary How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
30.7% +23%
Cary: 24.9%
Average gross rent
$2,245 +29%
Cary: $1,738
Average HH income
$142,404 +10%
Cary: $129,399
Poverty rate
5.4% +2%
Cary: 5.3%
Renter share
22.5% -33%
Cary: 33.4%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wellsley and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3–3

Why Wellsley scores 3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.3–2.3 across tracts
2.3
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts
6.3
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Rent control risk
31% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
23% renter households · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts
2.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Economic stress
5.4% below poverty line · Range 1.3–1.3 across tracts
1.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 7.7–7.7 across tracts
7.7
Risk score comparison

Wellsley vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Wellsley score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0WellsleyNeighborhood3.4Parent cityhost city3.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Wellsley

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
37183053408 3 4,024 31% $2,245
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 11

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 14%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 48%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 62%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 3%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Wellsley

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 2Total filings (sum)
  • 1.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.1%Peak year (2015)
  • 1.05%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Wellsley

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Wellsley

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Wellsley?

Wellsley 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 Wellsley compare to Cary overall?

Wellsley scores 0.4 points lower than Cary overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 31% of income on rent vs 25% citywide. Average rent: $2,245 vs $1,738.
Q3

What is the average rent in Wellsley?

Average gross rent in Wellsley is $2,245/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Wellsley residents are renters?

23% of Wellsley households are renter-occupied (vs 33% in Cary). The neighborhood has 4,024 residents.
Q5

Is Wellsley a high social-vulnerability area?

Wellsley sits in the 11th 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.
Q6

How safe is Wellsley for landlords?

Wellsley 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.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Wellsley?

Wellsley has 3,918 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (54.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (31.6%), Other / Multiracial (11%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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