Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Fentress Eviction Risk: Lower , Chesapeake
Tract 51550021013 · Chesapeake city, VA · pop 4,943 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 51550021013 covers part of the Fentress area of Chesapeake, VA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,943. What pushes it up most is supply constraint at 10/10.
Risk score
3
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
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
18
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 3
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
Average gross rent is $3,501, 121% above the Chesapeake average. The voucher gap is 106.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Food insecurity runs 7.6% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 5.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 29 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Against the Chesapeake City average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 8.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 3% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 51550021013
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51550021013?
Census tract 51550021013 in the Fentress neighborhood scores 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 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 3/10, lower than the parent city of Chesapeake at 3.4/10. 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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