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Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Woodberry Forest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Greensboro

Tract 37081012703 · Guilford County, NC · pop 4,685 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 5.3/10, tract 37081012703 in the Woodberry Forest area of Greensboro, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,685. Against Guilford County at 44.7%, 68% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 17% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,051
Renter share53.4%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate34.0%
Median income$55,058

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Woodberry Forest
Moderate
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 82 tracts In Greensboro
High
Within county
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 126 tracts In Guilford County
High
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#367 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greensboro and the region

Centroid at 36.1211, -79.7938 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodberry Forest scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Greensboro
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
34.0% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$1,079 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greensboro
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greensboro
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greensboro
3.5

How Woodberry Forest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodberry Forest risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 0127033.9Greensboroparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

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)

  • 1,307Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 25.81%Avg annual filing rate
  • 33.7%Peak (2014)
  • 204Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37081012703
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woodberry Forest

The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Running hot, economic stress reads 8.5/10.

Against the Guilford County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. The filing record is not thin: 1,307 evictions over 5 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 33.7% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 25.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

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 37081012703

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37081012703?

Census tract 37081012703 in the Woodberry Forest neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 37081012703?

Median gross rent is $1,079/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37081012703?

34.0% of residents in tract 37081012703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,685.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37081012703?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 99th, minority 64th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 37081012703 considered part of Woodberry Forest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37081012703 fall within Woodberry Forest (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37081012703?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,307 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 37081012703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.81% of renter households, peaking at 33.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37081012703 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.5% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37081012703 compare to Greensboro overall?

Tract 37081012703 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Greensboro at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greensboro eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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