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

Worthdale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Raleigh

Tract 37183052002 · Wake County, NC · pop 5,709 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 37183052002 sits in the Worthdale area of Raleigh eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 5,709. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 22% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,064
Renter share47.5%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate16.6%
Median income$61,447

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Worthdale
Moderate
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 111 tracts In Raleigh
High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#22 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 35.7669, -78.5976 · click any tract to drill in

Why Worthdale 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
16.6% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,206 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Worthdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Worthdale risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 0520024.1Raleighparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 269Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 16.53%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.6%Peak (2016)
  • 144Filings 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 Worthdale

The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Wake County average of 42.7%.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. Against the Wake County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

At $1,206 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Raleigh commands. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Court records carry 269 eviction filings across 2 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2016, when 15.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 16.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $61,447.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37183052002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183052002?

Census tract 37183052002 in the Worthdale 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 37183052002?

Median gross rent is $1,206/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37183052002?

16.6% of residents in tract 37183052002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,709.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37183052002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 81th, minority 91th, housing 61th.
Q5

Is tract 37183052002 considered part of Worthdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183052002 fall within Worthdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183052002?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 269 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183052002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.53% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37183052002 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.7% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37183052002 compare to Raleigh overall?

Tract 37183052002 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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