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Neighborhood · Annandale, VA

Kenwood Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 8,582 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.2/10 · range 4.4–5.9

Kenwood is a 2-tract neighborhood of Annandale, VA, population 8,582. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.2/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 56% against 34.1% citywide, putting Kenwood 21.7% over its own city.

At $2,545 a month, rents sit 32% over what the rest of Annandale commands. The strongest single driver of the headline number is rent-regulation exposure at 8.2/10.

The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.4 to 5.9, a 1.5-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.3/10. Court records carry 476 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. 10% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 10.3% of renter households. The voucher gap is 10.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. That places it #5 of 9 neighborhoods in Annandale.

Judgments average 2.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $105,041.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.2 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Kenwood vs Annandale How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
55.8% +64%
Annandale: 34.1%
Average gross rent
$2,545 +32%
Annandale: $1,933
Average HH income
$105,041 -7%
Annandale: $112,872
Poverty rate
9.1% -13%
Annandale: 10.5%
Renter share
49.0% +42%
Annandale: 34.6%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kenwood and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 4.4–5.9

Why Kenwood scores 5.2

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.2–3.2 across tracts
3.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.1–7.1 across tracts
7.1
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.4–8.4 across tracts
8.4
Rent control risk
56% of income on rent · Range 8.2–8.2 across tracts
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.3–3.3 across tracts
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
49% renter households · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Economic stress
9.1% below poverty line · Range 1.3–3.0 across tracts
2.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.8–8.9 across tracts
6.0
Risk score comparison

Kenwood vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Kenwood score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.2KenwoodNeighborhood4.5Parent cityhost city4.3Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Kenwood

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
51059450702 5.9 4,845 47% $2,034
51059450800 4.4 3,737 67% $3,207
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 66

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 64%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 54%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 79%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Kenwood

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 476Total filings (sum)
  • 7.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.3%Peak year (2016)
  • 8.62%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Kenwood

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Kenwood

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Kenwood?

Kenwood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Kenwood compare to Annandale overall?

Kenwood scores 0.7 points higher than Annandale overall (4.5/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $2,545 vs $1,933.
Q3

What is the average rent in Kenwood?

Average gross rent in Kenwood is $2,545/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Kenwood residents are renters?

49% of Kenwood households are renter-occupied (vs 35% in Annandale). The neighborhood has 8,582 residents.
Q5

Is Kenwood a high social-vulnerability area?

Kenwood sits in the 66th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Kenwood have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Kenwood is census tract 51059450702 (score 5.9/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.4 to 5.9, a spread of 1.5 points.
Q7

How safe is Kenwood for landlords?

Kenwood carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.2/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Annandale as a whole (4.5/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Kenwood?

Kenwood has 8,959 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (51.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (24.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (13.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Kenwood.

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