Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #55,092 of 84,120 nationally
Wellington Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Hunt
Tract 51059415600 · Fairfax County, VA · pop 2,666 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
The Wellington Heights area of Fort Hunt anchors census tract 51059415600, which lands at 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 30% of US census tracts.
Average household income is about $250,001 a year. Renters make up 0% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 60% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 100%
Tract context
Occupied units1,003
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate0.7%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Hunt and the region
Centroid at 38.7492, -77.0496 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wellington Heights scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Hunt
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.1
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
0.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Hunt
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Hunt
2.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Hunt
3.3
How Wellington Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Historic baseline (2000-2018)
- 11Total filings over 3 yrs
- 20.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 41.2%Peak (2016)
- 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 600% over the past 4 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.
- 3.7%Housing insecurity
- 2.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 3.6%Food insecurity
- 2.2%SNAP enrollment
- 2.8%Transit barriers
- 3.3%No health insurance
- 10.1%Frequent mental distress
- 20.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wellington Heights
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fort Hunt, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Fairfax County average of 5.4 and below the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 11 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 20.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 41.2% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 51059415600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51059415600?
Census tract 51059415600 in the Wellington Heights neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 51059415600?
0.7% of residents in tract 51059415600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,666.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 51059415600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 33th, minority 32th, housing 2th.
Q4
Is tract 51059415600 considered part of Wellington Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51059415600 fall within Wellington Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51059415600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 51059415600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.08% of renter households, peaking at 41.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 51059415600 struggle to pay rent?
About 3.7% 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. 2.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 51059415600 compare to Fort Hunt overall?
Tract 51059415600 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Fort Hunt at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Hunt; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fort Hunt
Top eight tracts in Fort Hunt ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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