Heritage Wake Forest Eviction Risk: Lower

Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.6/10.

SNAP participation is 3.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 3.9% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Average gross rent is $1,453, 9% below the Wake Forest average of $1,596. Among the 10 mapped neighborhoods of Wake Forest, it ranks #6 by risk, the middle third.

At 26% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. For a like-for-like read, Canonbie and Deerchase score within a fraction of it. Against average income of $155,428, annual rent is only 11%, a wide affordability cushion.

Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.