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Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Dominion Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Arlington

Tract 51013100600 · Arlington County, VA · pop 3,411 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 51013100600 covers part of the Dominion Heights area of Arlington, VA, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 21% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,226
Renter share36.8%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$181,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Dominion Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#63 of 71 tracts In Arlington
Very Low
Within county
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#66 of 71 tracts In Arlington County
Very Low
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#370 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Arlington and the region

Centroid at 38.8936, -77.1086 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dominion Heights scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Arlington
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.2
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,954 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Arlington
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Arlington
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Arlington
6.0

How Dominion Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Dominion Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 100600Arlington: 6.06.0Arlingtonparent cityCounty: 5.95.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.24.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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)

  • 4Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 0.87%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.9%Peak (2016)
  • 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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 Dominion Heights

Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,954, 16% below the Arlington average. Housing insecurity runs 5.5% against 14.2% nationally.

Court records carry 4 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Against the Arlington County average of 5.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2016, when 0.9% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 0.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.6/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 51013100600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51013100600?

Census tract 51013100600 in the Dominion Heights neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 51013100600?

Median gross rent is $1,954/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51013100600?

3.6% of residents in tract 51013100600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,411.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51013100600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 70th, minority 41th, housing 52th.
Q5

Is tract 51013100600 considered part of Dominion Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51013100600 fall within Dominion Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51013100600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 51013100600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.87% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51013100600 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.5% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51013100600 compare to Arlington overall?

Tract 51013100600 scores 5.3/10, lower than the parent city of Arlington at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Arlington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Arlington

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

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