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Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally

Dunedin Eviction Risk: Lower , Chesapeake

Tract 51550021602 · Chesapeake city, VA · pop 6,570 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 3.4/10, tract 51550021602 in the Dunedin area of Chesapeake, VA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,570 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 27% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,447
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$89,506

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Dunedin
Moderate
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#30 of 61 tracts In Chesapeake
Moderate
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 61 tracts In Chesapeake city
Moderate
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#1,505 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chesapeake and the region

Centroid at 36.8564, -76.4192 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dunedin scores 3.4

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
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,281 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Dunedin compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Dunedin risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.4This tracttract 0216023.4Chesapeakeparent city3.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

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)

  • 1,831Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 27.12%Avg annual filing rate
  • 32.4%Peak (2011)
  • 230Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 51550021602
Filings dropped 36% 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 Dunedin

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Against Chesapeake City at 49.2%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $1,281 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Chesapeake commands. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.6/10.

Court records carry 1,831 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Filings peaked in 2011 at 32.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 27.1% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $89,506, annual rent is just 17%.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 51550021602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51550021602?

Census tract 51550021602 in the Dunedin neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 51550021602?

Median gross rent is $1,281/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51550021602?

6.2% of residents in tract 51550021602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,570.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51550021602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 44th, minority 83th, housing 43th.
Q5

Is tract 51550021602 considered part of Dunedin?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51550021602 fall within Dunedin (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51550021602?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,831 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51550021602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 27.12% of renter households, peaking at 32.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51550021602 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.9% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51550021602 compare to Chesapeake overall?

Tract 51550021602 scores 3.4/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chesapeake

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

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