Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Kenwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Hopewell
Tract 51670820400 · Hopewell city, VA · pop 6,081 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 51670820400 sits in the Kenwood area of Hopewell eviction risk, VA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. It is home to 6,081 residents. 38% 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
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,474
Renter share28.5%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate19.5%
Median income$67,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hopewell and the region
Centroid at 37.2981, -77.3231 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kenwood scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hopewell
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
19.5% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,367 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hopewell
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hopewell
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hopewell
8.6
How Kenwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 1,727Total filings over 6 yrs
- 40.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 56.7%Peak (2015)
- 306Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 80% 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.
- 16.9%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.7%Food insecurity
- 20.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.3%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 39.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kenwood
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.
At $1,367 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of Hopewell commands. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Hopewell City average of 61.3%. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Against the Hopewell City average of 4.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. The filing record is not thin: 1,727 evictions over 6 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2015, when 56.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 40.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 51670820400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51670820400?
Census tract 51670820400 in the Kenwood neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 51670820400?
Median gross rent is $1,367/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51670820400?
19.5% of residents in tract 51670820400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,081.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51670820400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 79th, minority 72th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 51670820400 considered part of Kenwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51670820400 fall within Kenwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51670820400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,727 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51670820400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 40.79% of renter households, peaking at 56.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51670820400 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.9% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51670820400 compare to Hopewell overall?
Tract 51670820400 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Hopewell at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hopewell eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hopewell
Top eight tracts in Hopewell ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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