Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Fentress Eviction Risk: Lower , Chesapeake
Tract 51550021013 · Chesapeake city, VA · pop 4,943 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 51550021013, home to 4,943 residents in Fentress in Chesapeake, scores 3.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 3rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,501 a month while the average household earns $167,583 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 3% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,540
Renter share2.6%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$167,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chesapeake and the region
Centroid at 36.6936, -76.1948 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fentress scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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 Fentress compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%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)
- 29Total filings over 6 yrs
- 8.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.8%Peak (2011)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 5.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 23.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fentress
What moves this score most is supply constraint 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 below 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 8.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.8% of renter households in 2011.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 51550021013
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51550021013?
Census tract 51550021013 in the Fentress neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (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 51550021013?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51550021013?
3.8% of residents in tract 51550021013 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,943.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51550021013?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 47th, minority 36th, housing 2th.
Q5
Is tract 51550021013 considered part of Fentress?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51550021013 fall within Fentress (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51550021013?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51550021013 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.09% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51550021013 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51550021013 compare to Chesapeake overall?
Tract 51550021013 scores 1.2/10, 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.
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