Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Covington Cross Eviction Risk: Moderate , Knightdale
Tract 37183054108 · Wake County, NC · pop 8,364 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 37183054108 sits in the Covington Cross area of Knightdale eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. It is home to 8,364 residents. Cost burden runs 57% here against 42.7% across Wake County.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,802
Renter share27.9%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$80,987
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Knightdale and the region
Centroid at 35.7732, -78.4608 · click any tract to drill in
Why Covington Cross scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Knightdale
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,656 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Knightdale
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Knightdale
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Knightdale
4.5
How Covington Cross compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 74Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2015)
- 34Filings 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.
- 17.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.0%Food insecurity
- 17.0%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 14.4%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Covington Cross
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Against the Wake County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 74 filings here across 2 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 6.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37183054108
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183054108?
Census tract 37183054108 in the Covington Cross neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 37183054108?
Median gross rent is $1,656/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37183054108?
11.3% of residents in tract 37183054108 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,364.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37183054108?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 76th, minority 75th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 37183054108 considered part of Covington Cross?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183054108 fall within Covington Cross (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183054108?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 74 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183054108 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.62% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37183054108 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.2% 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. 10.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37183054108 compare to Knightdale overall?
Tract 37183054108 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Knightdale at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Knightdale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Knightdale
Top eight tracts in Knightdale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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