Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Big Bethel Eviction Risk: Lower , Hampton
Tract 51650010304 · Hampton city, VA · pop 8,980 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
51650010304 is a census tract in the Big Bethel area of Hampton, VA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 8,980 residents. 24% 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 20%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units3,497
Renter share47.7%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$88,911
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hampton and the region
Centroid at 37.0739, -76.4138 · click any tract to drill in
Why Big Bethel scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hampton
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.1
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,545 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hampton
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hampton
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hampton
4.5
How Big Bethel compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 2,702Total filings over 6 yrs
- 44.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 52.6%Peak (2012)
- 421Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 14.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 12.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Big Bethel
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Hampton City average of 50.4%. It sits 1.0 points below the Hampton City average of 4.0.
The filing record is not thin: 2,702 evictions over 6 years of observation. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.1/10.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 52.6% of renter households. At $1,545 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Hampton commands. In a typical year about 44.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.2/10.
Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 51650010304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51650010304?
Census tract 51650010304 in the Big Bethel 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 51650010304?
Median gross rent is $1,545/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51650010304?
7.1% of residents in tract 51650010304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,980.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51650010304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 25th, minority 76th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 51650010304 considered part of Big Bethel?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51650010304 fall within Big Bethel (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51650010304?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,702 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51650010304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 44.83% of renter households, peaking at 52.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51650010304 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.5% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51650010304 compare to Hampton overall?
Tract 51650010304 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Hampton at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hampton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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