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Bluford Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Greensboro

Tract 37081012805 · Guilford County, NC · pop 3,095 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

In Bluford Heights in Greensboro, census tract 37081012805 scores 5.8/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

57% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,169 a month while the average household earns $49,669 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 64% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 28% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,406
Renter share64.2%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$49,669

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Bluford Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 82 tracts In Greensboro
Moderate
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#47 of 126 tracts In Guilford County
Elevated
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#689 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Greensboro and the region

Centroid at 36.0345, -79.7681 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bluford Heights scores 4.6

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
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,169 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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 Bluford Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bluford Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 012805Greensboro: 3.23.2Greensboroparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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)

  • 362Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 13.59%Avg annual filing rate
  • 25.8%Peak (2016)
  • 178Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 370810128052005: 29 filings (14.48/100 renter HHs)2013: 36 filings (6.42/100 renter HHs)2014: 39 filings (6.95/100 renter HHs)2015: 80 filings (14.26/100 renter HHs)2016: 178 filings (25.83/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 514% 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 Bluford Heights

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 5.2/10. 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 Greensboro eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Guilford 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 362 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 13.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 25.8% of renter households in 2016.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37081012805

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37081012805?

Census tract 37081012805 in the Bluford Heights neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 37081012805?

Median gross rent is $1,169/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37081012805?

13.8% of residents in tract 37081012805 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,095.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37081012805?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 33th, minority 93th, housing 75th.
Q5

Is tract 37081012805 considered part of Bluford Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37081012805 fall within Bluford Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37081012805?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 362 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 37081012805 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.59% of renter households, peaking at 25.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37081012805 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.6% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37081012805 compare to Greensboro overall?

Tract 37081012805 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Greensboro at 3.2/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Greensboro

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

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