Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Druid Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Danville
Tract 51590001000 ·
Danville city, VA · pop 3,559 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 51590001000 covers part of the Druid Hills area of Danville, VA, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. SNAP participation runs 41.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%Stable renters 40%Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,588
Renter share69.8%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate38.2%
Median income$32,337
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Druid Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
93th percentile
#2 of 16 tracts In Danville
Very High
Within county
93th percentile
#2 of 16 tracts In Danville city
Very High
Within state
86th percentile
#302 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Danville and the region
Centroid at 36.5635, -79.4163 · click any tract to drill in
Why Druid Hills scores 5.4
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
38.2% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$791 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Druid Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
97%Socioeconomic
69%Household composition
81%Racial/ethnic minority
73%Housing & transportation
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.
27.5%Housing insecurity
21.7%Utility-shutoff threat
37.9%Food insecurity
41.1%SNAP enrollment
19.3%Transit barriers
14.6%No health insurance
21.5%Frequent mental distress
45.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Druid Hills
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.5/10. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.4/10. The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.2/10.
70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Disability prevalence runs 45.6% against 31.5% nationally.
Against the Danville City average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.2/10.
Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 51590001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51590001000?
Census tract 51590001000 in the Druid Hills neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 51590001000?
Median gross rent is $791/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51590001000?
38.2% of residents in tract 51590001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,559.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51590001000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 69th, minority 81th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 51590001000 considered part of Druid Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51590001000 fall within Druid Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 51590001000 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.5% 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. 21.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 51590001000 compare to Danville overall?
Tract 51590001000 scores 5.4/10, 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.