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Neighborhood · Raleigh, NC

Greenpark Towns Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 5,665 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.5/10 · range 5.5–5.5

Greenpark Towns is a one-tract neighborhood of Raleigh, NC, population 5,665. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.5/10, Moderate tier. Against a Raleigh baseline of 30.9%, 59% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

34% 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. 82% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.9/10. On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. At $1,214 a month, rents sit 23% under what the rest of Raleigh commands.

18.2% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. 22.9% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The filing record is not thin: 791 evictions logged in this tract.

The poverty rate is 18%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 19.4% of renter households.

Recent filings have not receded much: 21.1% in 2016 against a 19.4% peak. Among the 107 mapped neighborhoods of Raleigh, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.

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
Greenpark Towns vs Raleigh How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
59.4% +92%
Raleigh: 30.9%
Average gross rent
$1,214 -23%
Raleigh: $1,572
Average HH income
$44,857 -46%
Raleigh: $82,424
Poverty rate
17.5% +53%
Raleigh: 11.4%
Renter share
81.7% +66%
Raleigh: 49.3%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Greenpark Towns and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.5–5.5

Why Greenpark Towns scores 5.5

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 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Rent control risk
59% of income on rent · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
82% renter households · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts
4.0
Economic stress
17.5% below poverty line · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts
4.4
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.9–1.9 across tracts
1.9
Risk score comparison

Greenpark Towns vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Greenpark Towns score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.5Greenpark TownsNeighborhood4.1Parent cityhost city3.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Greenpark Towns

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
37183052704 5.5 5,665 59% $1,214
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 95

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

Socioeconomic status 98%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 66%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 90%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 88%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Greenpark Towns

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 791Total filings (sum)
  • 20.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.4%Peak year (2015)
  • 21.08%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Greenpark Towns

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

Frequently asked

About Greenpark Towns

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Greenpark Towns?

Greenpark Towns 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 Greenpark Towns compare to Raleigh overall?

Greenpark Towns scores 1.4 points higher than Raleigh overall (4.1/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,214 vs $1,572.
Q3

What is the average rent in Greenpark Towns?

Average gross rent in Greenpark Towns is $1,214/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Greenpark Towns residents are renters?

82% of Greenpark Towns households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Raleigh). The neighborhood has 5,665 residents.
Q5

Is Greenpark Towns a high social-vulnerability area?

Greenpark Towns sits in the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Greenpark Towns for landlords?

Greenpark Towns 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 Greenpark Towns?

Greenpark Towns has 6,197 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (47.6%), Hispanic / Latino (29%), White (non-Hispanic) (10%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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