Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Bensley Village Eviction Risk: Elevated , Bellwood
Tract 51041100405 · Chesterfield County, VA · pop 2,220 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 51041100405 sits in the Bensley Village area of Bensley, VA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.3/10. It is home to 2,220 residents. Severe burden reaches 44%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units814
Renter share51.2%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate21.2%
Median income$46,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bellwood and the region
Centroid at 37.4386, -77.4468 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bensley Village scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bellwood
8.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
21.2% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,182 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bellwood
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bellwood
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bellwood
8.2
How Bensley Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 1,088Total filings over 7 yrs
- 39.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 56.7%Peak (2011)
- 158Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 19% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bensley Village. 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.
- 24.3%Housing insecurity
- 16.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.8%Food insecurity
- 30.1%SNAP enrollment
- 15.9%Transit barriers
- 21.8%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 41.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bensley Village
Cost burden runs 60% here against 42.3% across Chesterfield County. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10. Against the Chesterfield County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.6/10. Food insecurity runs 31.8% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,088 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2011, when 56.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 39.0% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 51041100405
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51041100405?
Census tract 51041100405 in the Bensley Village 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 51041100405?
Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51041100405?
21.2% of residents in tract 51041100405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,220.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51041100405?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 96th, minority 75th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 51041100405 considered part of Bensley Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51041100405 fall within Bensley Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51041100405?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,088 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 51041100405 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 39.00% of renter households, peaking at 56.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51041100405 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.3% 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. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51041100405 compare to Bellwood overall?
Tract 51041100405 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Bellwood at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bellwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bellwood
Top eight tracts in Bellwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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