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Car Town Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kannapolis

Tract 37025040800 · Cabarrus County, NC · pop 4,113 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

How risky is Car Town in Kannapolis for landlords? Census tract 37025040800 scores 5.9/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 71% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,131 a month while the average household earns $51,290 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 20% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,665
Renter share37.8%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$51,290

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Car Town
Moderate
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#5 of 15 tracts In Kannapolis
Elevated
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 47 tracts In Cabarrus County
High
Within state
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#1,118 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kannapolis and the region

Centroid at 35.4906, -80.6180 · click any tract to drill in

Why Car Town scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kannapolis
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,131 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kannapolis
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kannapolis
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kannapolis
5.8

How Car Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Car Town risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 040800Kannapolis: 2.72.7Kannapolisparent cityCounty: 2.62.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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)

  • 1,540Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 12.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.1%Peak (2002)
  • 76Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 370250408002002: 126 filings (18.10/100 renter HHs)2003: 89 filings (12.79/100 renter HHs)2004: 86 filings (12.36/100 renter HHs)2005: 75 filings (10.78/100 renter HHs)2006: 77 filings (11.06/100 renter HHs)2007: 73 filings (10.49/100 renter HHs)2008: 100 filings (14.37/100 renter HHs)2009: 114 filings (16.38/100 renter HHs)2010: 98 filings (13.07/100 renter HHs)2011: 122 filings (13.62/100 renter HHs)2012: 79 filings (8.82/100 renter HHs)2013: 114 filings (12.72/100 renter HHs)2014: 94 filings (10.49/100 renter HHs)2015: 98 filings (10.94/100 renter HHs)2016: 119 filings (17.81/100 renter HHs)2017: 76 filings (11.38/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 16 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Car Town. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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 Car Town

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.3/10. 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 Kannapolis eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cabarrus County average of 5.0 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,540 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 12.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.1% of renter households in 2002.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37025040800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37025040800?

Census tract 37025040800 in the Car Town 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 37025040800?

Median gross rent is $1,131/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37025040800?

15.0% of residents in tract 37025040800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,113.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37025040800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 90th, minority 67th, housing 19th.
Q5

Is tract 37025040800 considered part of Car Town?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37025040800 fall within Car Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37025040800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,540 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37025040800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.82% of renter households, peaking at 18.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37025040800 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.3% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37025040800 compare to Kannapolis overall?

Tract 37025040800 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Kannapolis at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kannapolis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kannapolis

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

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