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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Starmont Forest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Danville

Tract 51590000200 · Danville city, VA · pop 3,480 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 51590000200 covers part of the Starmont Forest area of Danville, VA, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,480 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 27% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,639
Renter share54.2%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate27.1%
Median income$29,241

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Starmont Forest
Moderate
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 16 tracts In Danville
High
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 16 tracts In Danville city
Elevated
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#421 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Danville and the region

Centroid at 36.6113, -79.4043 · click any tract to drill in

Why Starmont Forest scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Danville
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
27.1% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$689 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Danville
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Danville
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Danville
6.9

How Starmont Forest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Starmont Forest risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0002004.4Danvilleparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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 Starmont Forest

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.2/10. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Against Danville City at 42.0%, about half of renters here are cost-burdened. At $689 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Danville commands.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Housing insecurity runs 23.3% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 6.9/10.

It sits 0.7 points above the Danville City average of 4.5. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10.

Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $29,241. 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 51590000200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51590000200?

Census tract 51590000200 in the Starmont Forest neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 51590000200?

Median gross rent is $689/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51590000200?

27.1% of residents in tract 51590000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,480.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51590000200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 95th, minority 71th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 51590000200 considered part of Starmont Forest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51590000200 fall within Starmont Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 51590000200 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.3% 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. 18.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 51590000200 compare to Danville overall?

Tract 51590000200 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Danville at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Danville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Danville

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

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