Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Sedgefield Eviction Risk: Lower , Durham

Tract 37135011204 · Orange County, NC · pop 3,332 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 37135011204 in the Sedgefield area of Durham, NC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,332 residents. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 4% Owners 93%

Tract context

Occupied units1,347

Renter share7.4%

SVI overall0.13

Poverty rate6.7%

Median income$156,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Durham and the region

Centroid at 35.9898, -79.0359 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sedgefield scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Durham

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.6

State political climate

North Carolina legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

6.7% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

$1,450 rent vs county FMR

2.7

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 Sedgefield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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

8%Socioeconomic
26%Household composition
35%Racial/ethnic minority
25%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)

133Total filings over 13 yrs
2.29%Avg annual filing rate
5.8%Peak (2002)
4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2002 to 2015

Filings dropped 88% over the past 13 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.

4.9%Housing insecurity
3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
5.5%Food insecurity
3.4%SNAP enrollment
3.6%Transit barriers
5.8%No health insurance
10.9%Frequent mental distress
23.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sedgefield

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

SNAP participation runs 3.4% against 15.2% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. It sits 1.1 points below the Orange County average of 4.1.

Court records carry 133 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Filings peaked in 2002 at 5.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 7% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 37135011204

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37135011204?

Census tract 37135011204 in the Sedgefield neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 37135011204?

Median gross rent is $1,450/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37135011204?

6.7% of residents in tract 37135011204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,332.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37135011204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 26th, minority 35th, housing 25th.

Is tract 37135011204 considered part of Sedgefield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37135011204 fall within Sedgefield (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37135011204?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 37135011204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.29% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 37135011204 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.9% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37135011204 compare to Durham overall?

Tract 37135011204 scores 3/10, lower 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