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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Heatherbrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Raleigh

Tract 37183052707 · Wake County, NC · pop 6,117 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 37183052707 covers part of the Heatherbrook area of Raleigh, NC, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,117 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 21% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units2,585
Renter share41.4%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$58,668

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Heatherbrook
Moderate
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#21 of 111 tracts In Raleigh
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#16 of 230 tracts In Wake County
Very High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#150 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Raleigh and the region

Centroid at 35.8171, -78.5739 · click any tract to drill in

Why Heatherbrook scores 5.5

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
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,270 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Heatherbrook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Heatherbrook risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 0527074.1Raleighparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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)

  • 225Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 12.86%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.9%Peak (2016)
  • 116Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Heatherbrook

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Against the Wake County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

15% 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, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,270, 19% below the Raleigh average.

49% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Wake County average of 42.7%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 225 filings here across 2 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2016, when 10.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 12.9% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37183052707

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183052707?

Census tract 37183052707 in the Heatherbrook 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 37183052707?

Median gross rent is $1,270/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37183052707?

11.4% of residents in tract 37183052707 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,117.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37183052707?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 79th, minority 76th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 37183052707 considered part of Heatherbrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183052707 fall within Heatherbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183052707?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 225 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183052707 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.86% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37183052707 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.8% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37183052707 compare to Raleigh overall?

Tract 37183052707 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Raleigh

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

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