Neighborhood · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally

Wake Forest Innovation Quarter Eviction Risk: Elevated , Winston-Salem

Tract 37067000802 · Forsyth County, NC · pop 2,431 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

In Wake Forest Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem, census tract 37067000802 scores 5.9/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 71st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $713 a month while the average household earns $27,340 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 73% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 44% Owners 27%

Tract context

Occupied units601

Renter share73.4%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate51.4%

Median income$27,340

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Winston-Salem and the region

Centroid at 36.0765, -80.2312 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wake Forest Innovation Quarter scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Winston-Salem

5.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

North Carolina legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

51.4% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$713 rent vs county FMR

1.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Winston-Salem

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Winston-Salem

3.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Winston-Salem

3.5

How Wake Forest Innovation Quarter compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

90%Socioeconomic
73%Household composition
81%Racial/ethnic minority
92%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
35%Grade C
50%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

203Total filings over 4 yrs
11.81%Avg annual filing rate
10.8%Peak (2012)
58Filings in 2012 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2005 to 2012

Filings climbed 61% over the past 4 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wake Forest Innovation Quarter. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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.

30.5%Housing insecurity
24.2%Utility-shutoff threat
45.1%Food insecurity
46.3%SNAP enrollment
25.5%Transit barriers
20.7%No health insurance
26.7%Frequent mental distress
48.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wake Forest Innovation Quarter

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Winston-Salem eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Forsyth County average of 5.5 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 30.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 24.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 203 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 11.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.8% of renter households in 2012.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 37067000802

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37067000802?

Census tract 37067000802 in the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 37067000802?

Median gross rent is $713/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37067000802?

51.4% of residents in tract 37067000802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,431.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37067000802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 73th, minority 81th, housing 92th.

Is tract 37067000802 considered part of Wake Forest Innovation Quarter?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37067000802 fall within Wake Forest Innovation Quarter (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37067000802?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 203 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37067000802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.81% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 37067000802 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.5% 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. 24.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37067000802 compare to Winston-Salem overall?

Tract 37067000802 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Winston-Salem at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Winston-Salem eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 37067000802 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 50% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Winston-Salem

Top eight tracts in Winston-Salem 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