1 census tracts · pop 5,709 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.5/10
· range 5.5–5.5
Worthdale is a one-tract neighborhood of Raleigh, NC and houses 5,709 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.5/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 54% against 30.9% citywide, putting Worthdale 22.7% over its own city.
27% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.8/10.
Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. Average gross rent is $1,206, 23% below the Raleigh average of $1,572. The filing record is not thin: 269 evictions logged in this tract.
The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 15.6% of renter households. That places it #1 of 107 neighborhoods in Raleigh.
Judgments average 7.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Arden Forest and The Grey.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.5/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $61,447.
One tract means one number: 5.5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Worthdale vs RaleighHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority92%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport61%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Worthdale
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
269Total filings (sum)
16.53%Avg annual filing rate
15.6%Peak year (2016)
15.64%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Worthdale
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
18.7%Housing insecurity
12.7%Utility shutoff threat
23.6%Food insecurity
20.5%SNAP enrollment
14.1%No health insurance
34.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Worthdale
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Worthdale?
Worthdale 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 Worthdale compare to Raleigh overall?
Worthdale scores 1.4 points higher than Raleigh overall (4.1/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,206 vs $1,572.
Q3
What is the average rent in Worthdale?
Average gross rent in Worthdale is $1,206/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Worthdale residents are renters?
48% of Worthdale households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Raleigh). The neighborhood has 5,709 residents.
Q5
Is Worthdale a high social-vulnerability area?
Worthdale sits in the 84th 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 Worthdale for landlords?
Worthdale 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 Worthdale?
Worthdale has 5,870 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (70.5%), Hispanic / Latino (14.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (9.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
