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Campostella Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chesapeake

Tract 51550020100 · Chesapeake city, VA · pop 4,870 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 51550020100 sits in the Campostella Square area of Chesapeake eviction risk, Virginia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It lands near the 51st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,337 a month while the average household earns $50,625 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 79% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 32% Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units1,998
Renter share78.6%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate40.3%
Median income$50,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Campostella Square
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 61 tracts In Chesapeake
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 61 tracts In Chesapeake city
Very High
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#317 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chesapeake and the region

Centroid at 36.8117, -76.2516 · click any tract to drill in

Why Campostella Square scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chesapeake
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
40.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,337 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chesapeake
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chesapeake
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chesapeake
3.5

How Campostella Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Campostella Square risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 020100Chesapeake: 3.63.6Chesapeakeparent cityCounty: 2.32.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 2,134Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 26.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 30.4%Peak (2011)
  • 394Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 515500201002011: 405 filings (30.43/100 renter HHs)2012: 341 filings (25.62/100 renter HHs)2013: 318 filings (23.89/100 renter HHs)2014: 313 filings (23.52/100 renter HHs)2015: 363 filings (27.27/100 renter HHs)2016: 394 filings (25.62/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
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 Campostella Square

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chesapeake eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Chesapeake City County average of 4.3 and in line with the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 9% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 51550020100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51550020100?

Census tract 51550020100 in the Campostella Square neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 51550020100?

Median gross rent is $1,337/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51550020100?

40.3% of residents in tract 51550020100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,870.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51550020100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 84th, minority 91th, housing 21th.
Q5

Is tract 51550020100 considered part of Campostella Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51550020100 fall within Campostella Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51550020100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,134 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51550020100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.06% of renter households, peaking at 30.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51550020100 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.0% 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. 25.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51550020100 compare to Chesapeake overall?

Tract 51550020100 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Chesapeake at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chesapeake eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 51550020100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 9% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chesapeake

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

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