Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Kenilworth Eviction Risk: Moderate , Asheville
Tract 37021000800 · Buncombe County, NC · pop 3,455 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 37021000800, home to 3,455 residents in the Kenilworth area of Asheville, scores 5.7/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 64% of US census tracts.
About 61% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,324 a month while the average household earns $86,905 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,208
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$86,905
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Asheville and the region
Centroid at 35.5810, -82.5378 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kenilworth scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Asheville
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,324 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Asheville
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Asheville
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Asheville
4.0
How Kenilworth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 37%Grade B
- 20%Grade C
- 2%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 331Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2005)
- 24Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 11 months.
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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 8.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kenilworth
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Asheville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Buncombe County average of 5.4 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 331 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 5.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.6% of renter households in 2005.
Part of this tract, about 2% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37021000800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37021000800?
Census tract 37021000800 in the Kenilworth neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 37021000800?
Median gross rent is $1,324/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37021000800?
14.8% of residents in tract 37021000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,455.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37021000800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 25th, minority 48th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 37021000800 considered part of Kenilworth?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37021000800 fall within Kenilworth (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37021000800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 331 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 37021000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.18% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37021000800 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 37021000800 compare to Asheville overall?
Tract 37021000800 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Asheville at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Asheville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 37021000800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 2% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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