Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Iron Gate Eviction Risk: Moderate , Apex
Tract 37183053417 · Wake County, NC · pop 5,031 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 37183053417 covers part of the Iron Gate area of Apex, NC, and scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. 68% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Wake County average of 42.7%.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,909
Renter share39.6%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$86,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Apex and the region
Centroid at 35.7074, -78.8686 · click any tract to drill in
Why Iron Gate scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Apex
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,645 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Apex
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Apex
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Apex
3.3
How Iron Gate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 62Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2016)
- 35Filings 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.2%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Iron Gate
29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10. The filing record is not thin: 62 evictions over 2 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 10.2% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,645 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Apex commands. SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Wake County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37183053417
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183053417?
Census tract 37183053417 in the Iron Gate neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 37183053417?
Median gross rent is $1,645/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37183053417?
8.5% of residents in tract 37183053417 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,031.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37183053417?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 72th, minority 49th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 37183053417 considered part of Iron Gate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183053417 fall within Iron Gate (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183053417?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183053417 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.43% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37183053417 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37183053417 compare to Apex overall?
Tract 37183053417 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Apex at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Apex eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Apex
Top eight tracts in Apex ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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