Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Grove Eviction Risk: Moderate , Raleigh
Tract 37183052304 ·
Wake County, NC · pop 2,944 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 37183052304 sits in the Oak Grove area of Raleigh eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. It is home to 2,944 residents. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%Stable renters 28%Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,114
Renter share48.0%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate30.3%
Median income$81,827
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Oak Grove
Moderate
Within parent city
96th percentile
#5 of 111 tracts In Raleigh
Very High
Within county
97th percentile
#7 of 230 tracts In Wake County
Very High
Within state
94th percentile
#150 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Raleigh and the region
Centroid at 35.7524, -78.6776 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Grove scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Raleigh
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
30.3% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,496 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Raleigh
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Raleigh
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Raleigh
4.0
How Oak Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
31%Socioeconomic
38%Household composition
58%Racial/ethnic minority
94%Housing & transportation
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.
12.7%Housing insecurity
9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
16.1%Food insecurity
13.3%SNAP enrollment
10.5%Transit barriers
9.1%No health insurance
20.8%Frequent mental distress
29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Grove
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Against the Wake County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters.
Average gross rent is $1,496, close to the Raleigh average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $81,827.
48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37183052304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183052304?
Census tract 37183052304 in the Oak Grove neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 37183052304?
Median gross rent is $1,496/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37183052304?
30.3% of residents in tract 37183052304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,944.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37183052304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 38th, minority 58th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 37183052304 considered part of Oak Grove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183052304 fall within Oak Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 37183052304 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37183052304 compare to Raleigh overall?
Tract 37183052304 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Raleigh at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Raleigh eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Raleigh
Top eight tracts in Raleigh ranked by composite eviction-risk score.