Skip to content
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally

Meredith Townes Eviction Risk: Lower , Raleigh

Tract 37183052504 · Wake County, NC · pop 6,678 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

How risky is Meredith Townes in Raleigh for landlords? Census tract 37183052504 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 60th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,456 a month while the average household earns $78,300 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 26% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units3,948
Renter share54.7%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$78,300

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Meredith Townes
Moderate
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#60 of 111 tracts In Raleigh
Moderate
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#66 of 230 tracts In Wake County
Elevated
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#1,764 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Raleigh and the region

Centroid at 35.8231, -78.6951 · click any tract to drill in

Why Meredith Townes scores 3.1

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
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,456 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Meredith Townes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Meredith Townes risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.13.1This tracttract 052504Raleigh: 3.33.3Raleighparent cityCounty: 2.52.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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)

  • 283Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 10.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.9%Peak (2015)
  • 137Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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 Meredith Townes

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Raleigh 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 Wake County average of 5.3 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 283 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 10.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.9% of renter households in 2015.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37183052504

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183052504?

Census tract 37183052504 in the Meredith Townes neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 37183052504?

Median gross rent is $1,456/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37183052504?

6.1% of residents in tract 37183052504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,678.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37183052504?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 27th, minority 36th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 37183052504 considered part of Meredith Townes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183052504 fall within Meredith Townes (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183052504?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 283 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183052504 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.67% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37183052504 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.3% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37183052504 compare to Raleigh overall?

Tract 37183052504 scores 3.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Raleigh at 3.3/10. 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.

Related