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Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally

Waterfall Village Eviction Risk: Lower , Gainesville

Tract 51153901509 · Prince William County, VA · pop 7,727 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

51153901509 is a census tract in the Waterfall Village area of Gainesville, VA. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 7,727 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 4% Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units2,433
Renter share8.3%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$206,463

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Waterfall Village
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Gainesville
Moderate
Within county
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#74 of 93 tracts In Prince William County
Low
Within state
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#1,741 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gainesville and the region

Centroid at 38.8658, -77.6683 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waterfall Village scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Gainesville
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,767 rent vs county FMR
7.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gainesville
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gainesville
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gainesville
4.8

How Waterfall Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Waterfall Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.1This tracttract 9015093.8Gainesvilleparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

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

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)

  • 7Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 5.19%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.2%Peak (2016)
  • 7Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Waterfall Village

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.2/10. At $2,767 a month, rents run 21% over what the rest of Gainesville commands.

The voucher gap is 19.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. SNAP participation runs 5.0% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Prince William County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.

The filing record is not thin: 7 evictions over 1 years of observation. Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 7/10. Housing insecurity runs 6.9% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.2% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.5/10.

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 51153901509

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51153901509?

Census tract 51153901509 in the Waterfall Village neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 51153901509?

Median gross rent is $2,767/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51153901509?

4.7% of residents in tract 51153901509 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,727.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51153901509?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 26th, minority 53th, housing 2th.
Q5

Is tract 51153901509 considered part of Waterfall Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51153901509 fall within Waterfall Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51153901509?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 51153901509 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.19% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51153901509 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.9% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51153901509 compare to Gainesville overall?

Tract 51153901509 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Gainesville at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gainesville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

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

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