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Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Jackson Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kannapolis

Tract 37159051501 · Rowan County, NC · pop 4,947 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

37159051501 is a census tract in the Jackson Park area of Kannapolis, NC. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,947 residents. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 20% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,788
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate18.2%
Median income$66,201

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Jackson Park
Moderate
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 15 tracts In Kannapolis
Low
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 31 tracts In Rowan County
Moderate
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#1,072 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kannapolis and the region

Centroid at 35.5178, -80.6291 · click any tract to drill in

Why Jackson Park scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kannapolis
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.2
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
18.2% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,086 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Jackson Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Jackson Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 0515014.0Kannapolisparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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)

  • 1,913Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 23.96%Avg annual filing rate
  • 33.1%Peak (2014)
  • 87Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 37159051501
Filings climbed 32% over the past 15 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Jackson Park

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.

At $1,086 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Kannapolis commands. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.6/10. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

The filing record is not thin: 1,913 evictions over 15 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2014 at 33.1% of renter households.

In a typical year about 24.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 33% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Rowan County average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $66,201.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 37159051501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37159051501?

Census tract 37159051501 in the Jackson Park neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 37159051501?

Median gross rent is $1,086/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 37159051501?

18.2% of residents in tract 37159051501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,947.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 37159051501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 57th, minority 61th, housing 50th.
Q5

Is tract 37159051501 considered part of Jackson Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37159051501 fall within Jackson Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37159051501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,913 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 37159051501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.96% of renter households, peaking at 33.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 37159051501 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.5% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 37159051501 compare to Kannapolis overall?

Tract 37159051501 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Kannapolis at 4/10. 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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