3 census tracts · pop 10,854 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.4–5.4
Car Town spans 3 census tracts of Kannapolis, NC, population 10,854. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 46% against 29.5% citywide, putting Car Town 16.7% over its own city.
Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.2/10. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.6/10.
The filing record is not thin: 1,540 evictions logged in this tract. Average gross rent is $1,111, 16% below the Kannapolis average of $1,319. The severe-burden share is 11%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.3/10. The poverty rate is 16%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
The worst year on record was 2002, when filings touched 18.1% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 11.4% in 2017 against a 18.1% peak.
Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of Kannapolis, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.2/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Its 3 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $53,462.
With little internal variation, 5.4/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Car Town vs KannapolisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority64%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport57%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Car Town
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,540Total filings (sum)
12.82%Avg annual filing rate
18.1%Peak year (2002)
11.38%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Car Town
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
17.8%Housing insecurity
12.3%Utility shutoff threat
22.7%Food insecurity
20.2%SNAP enrollment
14.5%No health insurance
36.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Car Town
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Car Town?
Car Town scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Car Town compare to Kannapolis overall?
Car Town scores 1.4 points higher than Kannapolis overall (4/10). Renters spend 46% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,111 vs $1,319.
Q3
What is the average rent in Car Town?
Average gross rent in Car Town is $1,111/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Car Town residents are renters?
51% of Car Town households are renter-occupied (vs 34% in Kannapolis). The neighborhood has 10,854 residents.
Q5
Is Car Town a high social-vulnerability area?
Car Town sits in the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Car Town have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Car Town is census tract 37025040800 (score 5.4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 5.4, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Car Town for landlords?
Car Town carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Kannapolis as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Car Town?
Car Town has 11,385 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (29.7%), Hispanic / Latino (14.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
