Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Sussex at Hampton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 51650011600 · Hampton city, VA · pop 3,377 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
In Sussex at Hampton in Hampton, census tract 51650011600 scores 4.9/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #55,986 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 60% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,129 monthly, set against $68,962 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,559
Renter share42.9%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$68,962
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hampton and the region
Centroid at 37.0136, -76.3556 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sussex at Hampton scores 4.2
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
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,129 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Sussex at Hampton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 15%Grade B
- 21%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 1,420Total filings over 6 yrs
- 40.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 45.5%Peak (2014)
- 215Filings 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.
- 17.7%Housing insecurity
- 12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.1%Food insecurity
- 17.7%SNAP enrollment
- 11.4%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sussex at Hampton
What moves this score most is housing court bias at 4.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Hampton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Hampton City County average of 4.9 and below the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 49th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,420 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 40.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 45.5% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 51650011600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51650011600?
Census tract 51650011600 in the Sussex at Hampton neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 51650011600?
Median gross rent is $1,129/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51650011600?
12.7% of residents in tract 51650011600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,377.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51650011600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 26th, minority 85th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 51650011600 considered part of Sussex at Hampton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51650011600 fall within Sussex at Hampton (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51650011600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,420 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51650011600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 40.69% of renter households, peaking at 45.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51650011600 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.7% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51650011600 compare to Hampton overall?
Tract 51650011600 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Hampton at 4.3/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 51650011600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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