1 census tracts · pop 8,932 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.5/10
· range 5.5–5.5
Kingwood Forest is a one-tract neighborhood of Raleigh, NC and houses 8,932 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.5/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a Raleigh baseline of 30.9%, about three-quarters of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Set annual rent against average household income of $45,197 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10.
The severe-burden share is 19%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The poverty rate is 21%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.5/10.
15.8% 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. Court records for this tract carry 367 eviction filings.
At $1,322 a month, rents sit 16% under what the rest of Raleigh commands. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 14.6% of renter households.
17.7% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. That places it #1 of 107 neighborhoods in Raleigh.
Judgments average 6.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Kingwood Forest vs RaleighHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority88%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport73%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Kingwood Forest
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
367Total filings (sum)
15.29%Avg annual filing rate
14.6%Peak year (2016)
14.59%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Kingwood Forest
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.0%Housing insecurity
15.8%Utility shutoff threat
30.0%Food insecurity
27.2%SNAP enrollment
17.7%No health insurance
36.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Kingwood Forest
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Kingwood Forest?
Kingwood Forest 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 Kingwood Forest compare to Raleigh overall?
Kingwood Forest scores 1.4 points higher than Raleigh overall (4.1/10). Renters spend 77% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,322 vs $1,572.
Q3
What is the average rent in Kingwood Forest?
Average gross rent in Kingwood Forest is $1,322/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Kingwood Forest residents are renters?
42% of Kingwood Forest households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Raleigh). The neighborhood has 8,932 residents.
Q5
Is Kingwood Forest a high social-vulnerability area?
Kingwood Forest 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 Kingwood Forest for landlords?
Kingwood Forest 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 Kingwood Forest?
Kingwood Forest has 8,496 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (60.3%), Hispanic / Latino (20.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (14.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
