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Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally

Mount Tabor Village Eviction Risk: Elevated , Blacksburg

Tract 51121020500 · Montgomery County, VA · pop 6,471 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 7.4/10, tract 51121020500 in the Mount Tabor Village area of Blacksburg, VA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 28% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,594
Renter share51.8%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate28.4%
Median income$79,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Mount Tabor Village
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 10 tracts In Blacksburg
Low
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 23 tracts In Montgomery County
Elevated
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Blacksburg and the region

Centroid at 37.2629, -80.3818 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mount Tabor Village scores 7.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Blacksburg
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
28.4% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$1,309 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blacksburg
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blacksburg
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blacksburg
9.5

How Mount Tabor Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mount Tabor Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.4This tracttract 0205006.3Blacksburgparent city5.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mount Tabor Village

32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.5/10.

It sits 2.3 points above the Montgomery County average of 5.1. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.4/10.

The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Cost burden runs 45% here against 40.4% across Montgomery County. Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 3.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,309, close to the Blacksburg average.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $79,625. 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 51121020500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51121020500?

Census tract 51121020500 in the Mount Tabor Village neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 51121020500?

Median gross rent is $1,309/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51121020500?

28.4% of residents in tract 51121020500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,471.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51121020500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 2th, minority 25th, housing 11th.
Q5

Is tract 51121020500 considered part of Mount Tabor Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51121020500 fall within Mount Tabor Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 51121020500 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.3% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 51121020500 compare to Blacksburg overall?

Tract 51121020500 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Blacksburg at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blacksburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Blacksburg

Top eight tracts in Blacksburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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