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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Gresham Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Raleigh

Tract 37183054017 · Wake County, NC · pop 2,882 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 37183054017 covers part of the Gresham Hills area of Raleigh, NC, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 34% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,316
Renter share56.3%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$79,432

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Gresham Hills
Very High
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 111 tracts In Raleigh
Moderate
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#74 of 230 tracts In Wake County
Elevated
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#864 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Raleigh and the region

Centroid at 35.8817, -78.5901 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gresham Hills scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,507 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Gresham Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Gresham Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.5This tracttract 0540174.1Raleighparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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)

  • 169Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 11.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.2%Peak (2015)
  • 73Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Gresham Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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 Gresham Hills

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 169 filings here across 2 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 12.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 11.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 40% of renters. It tracks the Wake County average of 4.0 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 37183054017

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183054017?

Census tract 37183054017 in the Gresham Hills neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 37183054017?

Median gross rent is $1,507/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37183054017?

7.3% of residents in tract 37183054017 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,882.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37183054017?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 74th, minority 67th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 37183054017 considered part of Gresham Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183054017 fall within Gresham Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183054017?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 169 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183054017 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.56% of renter households, peaking at 12.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37183054017 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.4% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37183054017 compare to Raleigh overall?

Tract 37183054017 scores 4.5/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Raleigh

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

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