1 census tracts · pop 7,990 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.7/10
· range 3.7–3.7
Brighton maps to a single census tract in Wendell, NC and houses 7,990 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.7/10, in the Lower tier. Against a Wendell baseline of 31.3%, 47% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.1/10. The severe-burden share is 26%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.3/10. At $1,111 a month, rents sit 24% under what the rest of Wendell commands.
On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 97 evictions logged in this tract.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 8.6% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 5.0% in 2016, is well off that peak.
Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Against average income of $83,650, annual rent is only 16%, a wide affordability cushion.
Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.7/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Brighton vs WendellHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority70%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport87%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Brighton
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
97Total filings (sum)
6.80%Avg annual filing rate
8.6%Peak year (2015)
5.02%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Brighton
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
12.7%Housing insecurity
7.9%Utility shutoff threat
14.6%Food insecurity
11.0%SNAP enrollment
11.0%No health insurance
28.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Brighton
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Brighton?
Brighton scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 Brighton compare to Wendell overall?
Brighton scores 0.1 points higher than Wendell overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,111 vs $1,457.
Q3
What is the average rent in Brighton?
Average gross rent in Brighton is $1,111/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Brighton residents are renters?
21% of Brighton households are renter-occupied (vs 22% in Wendell). The neighborhood has 7,990 residents.
Q5
Is Brighton a high social-vulnerability area?
Brighton sits in the 75th 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 Brighton for landlords?
Brighton carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.7/10). 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 Wendell as a whole (3.6/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Brighton?
Brighton has 7,873 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (40.7%), Hispanic / Latino (30.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (26.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
