Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Gorman Eviction Risk: Moderate , Durham

Tract 37063001801 · Durham County, NC · pop 8,934 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 37063001801 covers part of the Gorman area of Durham, NC, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 8,934 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 18% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units3,163

Renter share27.4%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate10.3%

Median income$63,616

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Durham and the region

Centroid at 36.0466, -78.8250 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gorman scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Durham

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

8.1

State political climate

North Carolina legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

10.3% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$1,493 rent vs county FMR

3.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Durham

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Durham

6.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Durham

4.5

How Gorman compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

76%Socioeconomic
91%Household composition
82%Racial/ethnic minority
62%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)

1,218Total filings over 11 yrs
25.10%Avg annual filing rate
45.7%Peak (2006)
89Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2005 to 2017

Filings dropped 38% over the past 11 months.

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.

20.8%Housing insecurity
13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
26.1%Food insecurity
22.7%SNAP enrollment
13.4%Transit barriers
16.9%No health insurance
17.8%Frequent mental distress
36.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gorman

Against Durham County at 43.8%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.1/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,218 filings here across 11 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 26.1% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 22.7% against 15.2% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2006, when 45.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 25.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Durham County average of 4.1 closely.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 37063001801

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37063001801?

Census tract 37063001801 in the Gorman neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37063001801?

Median gross rent is $1,493/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37063001801?

10.3% of residents in tract 37063001801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,934.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37063001801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 91th, minority 82th, housing 62th.

Is tract 37063001801 considered part of Gorman?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37063001801 fall within Gorman (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37063001801?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,218 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 37063001801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.10% of renter households, peaking at 45.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 37063001801 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.8% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37063001801 compare to Durham overall?

Tract 37063001801 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Durham at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Durham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Durham

Top eight tracts in Durham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org