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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Wellsley Eviction Risk: Lower , Cary

Tract 37183053408 · Wake County, NC · pop 4,024 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

37183053408 is a census tract in the Wellsley area of Cary, NC. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,024. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 16% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,231
Renter share22.5%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$142,404

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Wellsley
Moderate
Within parent city
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#24 of 40 tracts In Cary
Moderate
Within county
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#178 of 230 tracts In Wake County
Low
Within state
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#1,927 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cary and the region

Centroid at 35.7807, -78.8586 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wellsley scores 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
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$2,245 rent vs county FMR
7.7
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 Wellsley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wellsley risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0534083.4Caryparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 11

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 2Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.1%Peak (2015)
  • 2Filings in 2015 (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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wellsley

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Cost burden runs 31% here against 42.7% across Wake County. At $2,245 a month, rents run 29% over what the rest of Cary commands.

The voucher gap is 27.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.3/10.

The severe-burden share is 19%, 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 5.1% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2 filings here across 1 tracked years.

Adults with no health insurance runs 4.3% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2015 at 1.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 37183053408

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183053408?

Census tract 37183053408 in the Wellsley 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 37183053408?

Median gross rent is $2,245/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37183053408?

5.4% of residents in tract 37183053408 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,024.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37183053408?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 48th, minority 62th, housing 3th.
Q5

Is tract 37183053408 considered part of Wellsley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183053408 fall within Wellsley (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183053408?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 37183053408 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.05% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37183053408 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.1% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37183053408 compare to Cary overall?

Tract 37183053408 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cary

Top eight tracts in Cary ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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