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Macarthur Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Cary

Tract 37183053424 · Wake County, NC · pop 4,950 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

How risky is the Macarthur Park area of Cary for landlords? Census tract 37183053424 scores 4.1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 14th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 17% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,112 monthly, set against $160,500 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 13% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,686
Renter share15.5%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$160,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Macarthur Park
Moderate
Within parent city
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#37 of 40 tracts In Cary
Very Low
Within county
1 th percentile
Rank, 1st percentileLowHigh
#227 of 230 tracts In Wake County
Very Low
Within state
1 th percentile
Rank, 1st percentileLowHigh
#2,624 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cary and the region

Centroid at 35.7679, -78.8375 · click any tract to drill in

Why Macarthur Park scores 1.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cary
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,112 rent vs county FMR
7.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cary
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cary
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cary
3.0

How Macarthur Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Macarthur Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.11.1This tracttract 053424Cary: 2.62.6Caryparent cityCounty: 2.52.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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)

  • 2Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 0.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.5%Peak (2015)
  • 1Filings 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 Macarthur Park

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. 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 Cary eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Wake County average of 5.3 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 5th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37183053424

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183053424?

Census tract 37183053424 in the Macarthur Park neighborhood scores 1.1/10 (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 37183053424?

Median gross rent is $2,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37183053424?

3.4% of residents in tract 37183053424 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,950.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37183053424?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 19th, minority 54th, housing 6th.
Q5

Is tract 37183053424 considered part of Macarthur Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183053424 fall within Macarthur Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183053424?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183053424 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.52% of renter households, peaking at 0.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37183053424 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.1% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37183053424 compare to Cary overall?

Tract 37183053424 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Cary at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cary eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cary

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

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