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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Benedum Eviction Risk: Lower , Cary

Tract 37183053505 · Wake County, NC · pop 3,162 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

37183053505 is a census tract in the Benedum area of Cary, NC. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,162. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 5% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,374
Renter share9.8%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$121,190

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Benedum
Moderate
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#12 of 40 tracts In Cary
Elevated
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#170 of 230 tracts In Wake County
Low
Within state
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#1,927 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cary and the region

Centroid at 35.7568, -78.7599 · click any tract to drill in

Why Benedum scores 3

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
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,158 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Benedum compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Benedum risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0535053.4Caryparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg 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)

  • 5Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 1.65%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.7%Peak (2016)
  • 4Filings 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 Benedum

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

At $1,158 a month, rents run 33% under what the rest of Cary commands. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.3/10. SNAP participation runs 4.3% against 15.2% nationally.

Cost burden runs 49% here against 42.7% across Wake County. It sits 1.0 points below the Wake County average of 4.0. Court records carry 5 eviction filings across 2 observed years.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2016, when 2.7% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 1.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 37183053505

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37183053505?

Census tract 37183053505 in the Benedum 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 37183053505?

Median gross rent is $1,158/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37183053505?

5.1% of residents in tract 37183053505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,162.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37183053505?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 14th, minority 31th, housing 9th.
Q5

Is tract 37183053505 considered part of Benedum?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37183053505 fall within Benedum (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37183053505?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37183053505 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.65% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37183053505 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.8% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37183053505 compare to Cary overall?

Tract 37183053505 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cary

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

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