Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Pulaski Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 51155210202 · Pulaski County, VA · pop 3,697 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Pulaski
In Pulaski, census tract 51155210202 scores 5.3/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 48% of US census tracts.
29% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $731 a month while the average household earns $59,637 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,658
Renter share25.1%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$59,637
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pulaski and the region
Centroid at 37.1242, -80.7620 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pulaski scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pulaski
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$731 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pulaski
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pulaski
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pulaski
7.3
How Pulaski compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 31Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2016)
- 16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 36.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pulaski
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Pulaski, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Pulaski County average of 5.2 and in line with the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 31 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 3.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.0% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 51155210202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51155210202?
Census tract 51155210202 in Pulaski scores 4.2/10 (Moderate 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 51155210202?
Median gross rent is $731/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51155210202?
12.3% of residents in tract 51155210202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,697.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51155210202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 48th, minority 2th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51155210202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51155210202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.88% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 51155210202 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 51155210202 compare to Pulaski overall?
Tract 51155210202 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Pulaski at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pulaski; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pulaski
Top eight tracts in Pulaski ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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