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Beacon Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Lynchburg

Tract 51680000201 · Lynchburg city, VA · pop 6,521 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 4.4/10 for census tract 51680000201 reflects conditions in Beacon Hill in Lynchburg, Virginia. That is riskier than about 19% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $900 a month while the average household earns $100,321 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 18% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,395
Renter share23.7%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$100,321

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Beacon Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 23 tracts In Lynchburg
Very Low
Within county
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 23 tracts In Lynchburg city
Very Low
Within state
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#1,040 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lynchburg and the region

Centroid at 37.4282, -79.2296 · click any tract to drill in

Why Beacon Hill scores 2.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lynchburg
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$900 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lynchburg
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lynchburg
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lynchburg
3.5

How Beacon Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Beacon Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.92.9This tracttract 000201Lynchburg: 4.04.0Lynchburgparent cityCounty: 4.74.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 177Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 8.55%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.8%Peak (2013)
  • 50Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 516800002012013: 55 filings (9.79/100 renter HHs)2014: 25 filings (4.45/100 renter HHs)2015: 47 filings (8.36/100 renter HHs)2016: 50 filings (11.60/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Beacon Hill

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 3.5/10. 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 Lynchburg eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Lynchburg City County average of 5.4 and below the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 177 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 8.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.8% of renter households in 2013.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 51680000201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51680000201?

Census tract 51680000201 in the Beacon Hill neighborhood scores 2.9/10 (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 51680000201?

Median gross rent is $900/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51680000201?

5.1% of residents in tract 51680000201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,521.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51680000201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 20th, minority 27th, housing 42th.
Q5

Is tract 51680000201 considered part of Beacon Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51680000201 fall within Beacon Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51680000201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 177 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 51680000201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.55% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51680000201 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.6% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51680000201 compare to Lynchburg overall?

Tract 51680000201 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Lynchburg at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lynchburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 51680000201 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lynchburg

Top eight tracts in Lynchburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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