Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Poplar Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Chesapeake
Tract 51550021101 · Chesapeake city, VA · pop 4,903 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 51550021101 covers part of the Poplar Ridge area of Chesapeake, VA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,903 residents. 35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,789
Renter share4.1%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate1.6%
Median income$125,203
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
37
th percentile
Low
Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chesapeake and the region
Centroid at 36.7123, -76.2077 · click any tract to drill in
Why Poplar Ridge 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
1.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,792 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 Poplar Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%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)
- 66Total filings over 6 yrs
- 7.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.3%Peak (2013)
- 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 56% 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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Poplar Ridge
The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. At $2,792 a month, rents run 76% over what the rest of Chesapeake commands. The voucher gap is 64.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Chesapeake City average of 49.2%. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Food insecurity runs 7.6% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 5.6% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 66 evictions over 6 years of observation.
Against the Chesapeake City average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points. Filings peaked in 2013 at 12.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 7.9% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 51550021101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51550021101?
Census tract 51550021101 in the Poplar Ridge 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 51550021101?
Median gross rent is $2,792/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51550021101?
1.6% of residents in tract 51550021101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,903.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51550021101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 22th, minority 37th, housing 4th.
Q5
Is tract 51550021101 considered part of Poplar Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51550021101 fall within Poplar Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51550021101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 66 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51550021101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.93% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51550021101 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51550021101 compare to Chesapeake overall?
Tract 51550021101 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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