Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Macarthur Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Cary
Tract 37183053424 · Wake County, NC · pop 4,950 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
37183053424 is a census tract in the Macarthur Park area of Cary, NC. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,950 residents. Cost burden runs 17% here against 42.7% across Wake County.
Risk score
3
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 parent city
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
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 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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)
- 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.
- 5.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.5%Food insecurity
- 3.2%SNAP enrollment
- 3.7%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 11.7%Frequent mental distress
- 19.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Macarthur Park
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 19.4% against 31.5% nationally. SNAP participation runs 3.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $2,112, 22% above the Cary average. The voucher gap is 19.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Against the Wake County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2 filings here across 2 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 0.5% of renter households were served.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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 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.
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 3/10, lower than the parent city of Cary at 3.4/10. 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.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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