Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Ampt Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Bensley
Tract 51041100300 · Chesterfield County, VA · pop 2,970 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 51041100300 covers part of the Ampt Hill area of Bensley, VA, and scores 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,130
Renter share52.5%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate25.1%
Median income$60,040
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bensley and the region
Centroid at 37.4477, -77.4396 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ampt Hill scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bensley
8.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
25.1% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,258 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bensley
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bensley
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bensley
8.2
How Ampt Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 1,702Total filings over 7 yrs
- 59.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 86.3%Peak (2015)
- 172Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 27% over the past 7 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.
- 21.8%Housing insecurity
- 14.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 24.5%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 20.4%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 38.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ampt Hill
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10. Cost burden runs 56% here against 42.3% across Chesterfield County.
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 2.1 points above the Chesterfield County average of 4.2. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.6/10.
The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.4% against 11.3% nationally.
Court records carry 1,702 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 21.8% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2015 at 86.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 59.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10. Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
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 51041100300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51041100300?
Census tract 51041100300 in the Ampt Hill neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 51041100300?
Median gross rent is $1,258/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51041100300?
25.1% of residents in tract 51041100300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,970.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51041100300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 91th, minority 81th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 51041100300 considered part of Ampt Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51041100300 fall within Ampt Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51041100300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,702 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 51041100300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 59.58% of renter households, peaking at 86.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51041100300 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.8% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51041100300 compare to Bensley overall?
Tract 51041100300 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Bensley at 4.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bensley; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bensley
Top eight tracts in Bensley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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