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Neighborhood · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally

Van Buren Village Eviction Risk: Lower , Dumfries

Tract 51153901013 · Prince William County, VA · pop 3,349 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 51153901013 sits in Van Buren Village in Dumfries, Virginia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,142 monthly, set against $111,010 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 6% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,089
Renter share14.3%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$111,010

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Van Buren Village
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Dumfries
Very Low
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 93 tracts In Prince William County
Elevated
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#1,499 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dumfries and the region

Centroid at 38.5736, -77.3278 · click any tract to drill in

Why Van Buren Village scores 1.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Dumfries
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,142 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dumfries
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dumfries
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dumfries
6.1

How Van Buren Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Van Buren Village risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.91.9This tracttract 901013Dumfries: 3.53.5Dumfriesparent cityCounty: 1.91.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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 Van Buren Village

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.3/10. 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 Dumfries, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Prince William County average of 5.7 and above the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% 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 51153901013

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51153901013?

Census tract 51153901013 in the Van Buren Village neighborhood scores 1.9/10 (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 average rent in tract 51153901013?

Median gross rent is $2,142/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51153901013?

2.2% of residents in tract 51153901013 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,349.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51153901013?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 64th, minority 84th, housing 31th.
Q5

Is tract 51153901013 considered part of Van Buren Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51153901013 fall within Van Buren Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 51153901013 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.1% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 51153901013 compare to Dumfries overall?

Tract 51153901013 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Dumfries at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dumfries; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dumfries

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

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