Ridge Area Eviction Risk: Moderate , Harrisonburg

66% 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. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $952 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Harrisonburg commands.

47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Harrisonburg City average of 40.7%. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harrisonburg City average of 4.2 closely.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $57,606.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.