Within neighborhood
17
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
North Highland Eviction Risk: Elevated , Arlington
Tract 51013101701 · Arlington County, VA · pop 5,019 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 51013101701 in the North Highland area of Arlington, VA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,019. This is renter territory: 89% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 65%
Owners 11%
Tract context
Occupied units2,783
Renter share88.8%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$131,438
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Arlington and the region
Centroid at 38.8899, -77.0814 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Highland scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$2,438 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 North Highland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%Housing & transportation
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)
- 32Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.4%Peak (2016)
- 32Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within North Highland. 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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.7%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 16.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Highland
Against Arlington County at 38.9%, about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Disability prevalence runs 16.8% against 31.5% nationally. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.3/10.
The filing record is not thin: 32 evictions over 1 years of observation. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2016 at 1.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.1/10.
Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 51013101701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51013101701?
Census tract 51013101701 in the North Highland neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 51013101701?
Median gross rent is $2,438/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51013101701?
9.3% of residents in tract 51013101701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,019.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51013101701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 2th, minority 47th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 51013101701 considered part of North Highland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51013101701 fall within North Highland (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51013101701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 51013101701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.44% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51013101701 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51013101701 compare to Arlington overall?
Tract 51013101701 scores 6/10, right in line with 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.
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