Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Bennett Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Wake Forest
Tract 37183054206 · Wake County, NC · pop 6,222 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 37183054206 sits in the Bennett Park area of Wake Forest eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units2,748
Renter share44.8%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$89,658
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wake Forest and the region
Centroid at 35.9702, -78.5284 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bennett Park scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wake Forest
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,422 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wake Forest
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wake Forest
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wake Forest
3.2
How Bennett Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 152Total filings over 2 yrs
- 7.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2015)
- 69Filings 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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 24.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bennett Park
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.1/10. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.3% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 152 filings here across 2 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,422, 11% below the Wake Forest average. Filings peaked in 2015 at 9.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 7.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
39% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37183054206
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183054206?
Census tract 37183054206 in the Bennett Park neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 37183054206?
Median gross rent is $1,422/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37183054206?
4.5% of residents in tract 37183054206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,222.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37183054206?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 31th, minority 44th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 37183054206 considered part of Bennett Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183054206 fall within Bennett Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183054206?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 152 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183054206 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.66% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37183054206 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37183054206 compare to Wake Forest overall?
Tract 37183054206 scores 3.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Wake Forest at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wake Forest eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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