Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Bedford Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Raleigh
Tract 37183051400 · Wake County, NC · pop 4,753 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
37183051400 is a census tract in the Bedford Heights area of Raleigh, NC. It scores 5.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,753 residents. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,139
Renter share47.9%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate21.3%
Median income$74,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Raleigh and the region
Centroid at 35.7960, -78.6732 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bedford Heights scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Raleigh
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
21.3% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,292 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Raleigh
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Raleigh
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Raleigh
4.0
How Bedford Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 40Total filings over 2 yrs
- 1.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2016)
- 22Filings 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 24.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bedford Heights
Cost burden runs 72% here against 42.7% across Wake County. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
Against the Wake County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $1,292, 18% below the Raleigh average.
The filing record is not thin: 40 evictions over 2 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 7.5% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2016 at 2.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37183051400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183051400?
Census tract 37183051400 in the Bedford Heights neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 37183051400?
Median gross rent is $1,292/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37183051400?
21.3% of residents in tract 37183051400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,753.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37183051400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 1th, minority 25th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 37183051400 considered part of Bedford Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183051400 fall within Bedford Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183051400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183051400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.82% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37183051400 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37183051400 compare to Raleigh overall?
Tract 37183051400 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Raleigh at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Raleigh eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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