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Neighborhood · Raleigh, NC

Summerfield North Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 4,479 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10 · range 4.8–4.8

Summerfield North is a one-tract neighborhood of Raleigh, NC and houses 4,479 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.8/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 42% against 30.9% citywide, putting Summerfield North 11.5% over its own city.

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.1/10. The severe-burden share is 14%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Court records for this tract carry 242 eviction filings. SNAP participation is 6.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity affects 8.8% of adults, 9.0 points below the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 16.8% of renter households. Among the 107 mapped neighborhoods of Raleigh, it ranks #51 by risk, the middle third.

Judgments average 3.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, 5401 North and Village Gate score within a fraction of it. Average gross rent runs $1,573, close to the Raleigh average.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $75,775.

One tract means one number: 4.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Summerfield North vs Raleigh How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
42.4% +37%
Raleigh: 30.9%
Average gross rent
$1,573 +0%
Raleigh: $1,572
Average HH income
$75,775 -8%
Raleigh: $82,424
Poverty rate
8.3% -27%
Raleigh: 11.4%
Renter share
39.9% -19%
Raleigh: 49.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Summerfield North and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 4.8–4.8

Why Summerfield North scores 4.8

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
42% 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
40% 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
8.3% below poverty line · Range 2.1–2.1 across tracts
2.1
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.9–3.9 across tracts
3.9
Risk score comparison

Summerfield North vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Summerfield North score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.8Summerfield NorthNeighborhood4.1Parent cityhost city3.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Summerfield North

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
37183054007 4.8 4,479 42% $1,573
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 21

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

Socioeconomic status 29%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 23%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 18%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Summerfield North

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 242Total filings (sum)
  • 17.21%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.8%Peak year (2016)
  • 16.77%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Summerfield North

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

Frequently asked

About Summerfield North

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Summerfield North?

Summerfield North scores 4.8/10 (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 Summerfield North compare to Raleigh overall?

Summerfield North scores 0.7 points higher than Raleigh overall (4.1/10). Renters spend 42% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,573 vs $1,572.
Q3

What is the average rent in Summerfield North?

Average gross rent in Summerfield North is $1,573/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Summerfield North residents are renters?

40% of Summerfield North households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Raleigh). The neighborhood has 4,479 residents.
Q5

Is Summerfield North a high social-vulnerability area?

Summerfield North sits in the 21st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Summerfield North for landlords?

Summerfield North carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.8/10). 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 Summerfield North?

Summerfield North has 4,184 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (68.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (13.5%), Hispanic / Latino (12.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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