Hilltop Plaza Eviction Risk: Elevated , Blacksburg

Against the Montgomery County average of 5.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.4/10.

The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Set annual rent against average income of $39,461 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 71% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Average gross rent is $1,206, 11% below the Blacksburg average.

That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10. Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 3.5 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 39% of renters.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.