Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Ampt Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Bensley
Tract 51041100300 · Chesterfield County, VA · pop 2,970 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 51041100300 (the Ampt Hill neighborhood of Bensley, Virginia) comes in at 7.3/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 97th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 56% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,258 a month while the average household earns $60,040 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5
Moderate
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
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
90
th percentile
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 5
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
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bensley, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well above the Chesterfield County average of 5.8 and above the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,702 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 59.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 86.3% of renter households in 2015.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
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 5/10 (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 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 5/10, higher than the parent city of Bensley at 4.1/10. 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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