Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Merrimont Trace Eviction Risk: Lower , Linton Hall
Tract 51153901415 · Prince William County, VA · pop 4,403 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 51153901415 in the Merrimont Trace area of Linton Hall, VA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,403 residents. Cost burden runs 7% here against 43.3% across Prince William County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,383
Renter share12.9%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate1.0%
Median income$163,618
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Linton Hall and the region
Centroid at 38.7410, -77.5721 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merrimont Trace scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Linton Hall
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
1.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,859 rent vs county FMR
7.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Linton Hall
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Linton Hall
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Linton Hall
3.0
How Merrimont Trace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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)
- 6Total filings over 1 yrs
- 6.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.0%Peak (2016)
- 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 4.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 21.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merrimont Trace
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.
The voucher gap is 23.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. SNAP participation runs 4.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 7.5% against 17.8% nationally.
It sits 1.1 points below the Prince William County average of 4.1. Running hot, supply constraint reads 7.4/10. Court records carry 6 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Average gross rent is $2,859, 11% above the Linton Hall average. Filings peaked in 2016 at 7.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.0% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.2/10.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 51153901415
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51153901415?
Census tract 51153901415 in the Merrimont Trace neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 51153901415?
Median gross rent is $2,859/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 7% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51153901415?
1.0% of residents in tract 51153901415 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,403.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51153901415?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 15th, minority 51th, housing 1th.
Q5
Is tract 51153901415 considered part of Merrimont Trace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51153901415 fall within Merrimont Trace (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51153901415?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 51153901415 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.98% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51153901415 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51153901415 compare to Linton Hall overall?
Tract 51153901415 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Linton Hall at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Linton Hall eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Linton Hall
Top eight tracts in Linton Hall ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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