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Crestwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Chesapeake

Tract 51550020903 · Chesapeake city, VA · pop 2,709 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 4.3/10, tract 51550020903 in the Crestwood area of Chesapeake ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,709 residents. It lands near the 17th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,248 a month while the average household earns $71,571 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 10% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,040
Renter share22.5%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate0.6%
Median income$71,571

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Crestwood
Moderate
Within parent city
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 61 tracts In Chesapeake
Elevated
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 61 tracts In Chesapeake city
Elevated
Within state
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#1,297 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chesapeake and the region

Centroid at 36.7657, -76.2847 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crestwood scores 2.3

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
0.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,248 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Crestwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Crestwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.32.3This tracttract 020903Chesapeake: 3.63.6Chesapeakeparent cityCounty: 2.32.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 35

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)

  • 133Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 16.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 35.6%Peak (2011)
  • 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 515500209032011: 48 filings (35.56/100 renter HHs)2012: 26 filings (19.26/100 renter HHs)2013: 13 filings (9.63/100 renter HHs)2014: 17 filings (12.59/100 renter HHs)2015: 19 filings (14.07/100 renter HHs)2016: 10 filings (10.31/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 79% 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 Crestwood

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 3.5/10. 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 Chesapeake eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Chesapeake City County average of 4.3 and below the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.0% 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 51550020903

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51550020903?

Census tract 51550020903 in the Crestwood neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (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 51550020903?

Median gross rent is $1,248/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51550020903?

0.6% of residents in tract 51550020903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,709.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51550020903?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 9th, minority 83th, housing 30th.
Q5

Is tract 51550020903 considered part of Crestwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51550020903 fall within Crestwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51550020903?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51550020903 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.90% of renter households, peaking at 35.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51550020903 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.9% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51550020903 compare to Chesapeake overall?

Tract 51550020903 scores 2.3/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chesapeake

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

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