1 census tracts · pop 4,753 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.5/10
· range 5.5–5.5
Bedford Heights is a one-tract neighborhood of Raleigh, NC and houses 4,753 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.5/10, Moderate tier. 41% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Against a Raleigh baseline of 30.9%, 72% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.3/10.
The poverty rate is 21%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. At $1,292 a month, rents sit 18% under what the rest of Raleigh commands.
Court records for this tract carry 40 eviction filings. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 2.1% of renter households. Among the 107 mapped neighborhoods of Raleigh, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
Judgments average 0.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $74,625. 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 5.5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Bedford Heights vs RaleighHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority25%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport61%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bedford Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
40Total filings (sum)
1.82%Avg annual filing rate
2.1%Peak year (2016)
2.13%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bedford Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.0%Housing insecurity
5.4%Utility shutoff threat
10.1%Food insecurity
7.5%SNAP enrollment
7.1%No health insurance
24.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bedford Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bedford Heights?
Bedford Heights scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 Bedford Heights compare to Raleigh overall?
Bedford Heights scores 1.4 points higher than Raleigh overall (4.1/10). Renters spend 72% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,292 vs $1,572.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bedford Heights?
Average gross rent in Bedford Heights is $1,292/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bedford Heights residents are renters?
48% of Bedford Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Raleigh). The neighborhood has 4,753 residents.
Q5
Is Bedford Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Bedford Heights sits in the 28th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Bedford Heights for landlords?
Bedford Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.5/10). 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 Raleigh as a whole (4.1/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Bedford Heights?
Bedford Heights has 4,841 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (83.4%), Hispanic / Latino (8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
