Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Washington Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Raleigh
Tract 37183050700 · Wake County, NC · pop 3,506 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
37183050700 is a census tract in the Washington Heights area of Raleigh, NC. It scores 5.5/10 for landlords. 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 28%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,496
Renter share53.2%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate24.1%
Median income$49,677
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Raleigh and the region
Centroid at 35.7739, -78.6207 · click any tract to drill in
Why Washington Heights scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
24.1% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,023 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Washington Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%Housing & transportation
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)
- 243Total filings over 2 yrs
- 14.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.8%Peak (2015)
- 118Filings 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.
- 19.6%Housing insecurity
- 14.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.9%Food insecurity
- 25.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Washington Heights
Average gross rent is $1,023, 35% below the Raleigh average. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Against Wake County at 42.7%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Wake County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 25.0% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 243 evictions over 2 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 25.9% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when 15.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 14.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37183050700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183050700?
Census tract 37183050700 in the Washington Heights 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 37183050700?
Median gross rent is $1,023/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37183050700?
24.1% of residents in tract 37183050700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,506.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37183050700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 81th, minority 83th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 37183050700 considered part of Washington Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183050700 fall within Washington Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183050700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 243 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183050700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.66% of renter households, peaking at 15.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37183050700 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.6% 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. 14.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37183050700 compare to Raleigh overall?
Tract 37183050700 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.
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