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Miller Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lynchburg

Tract 51680000700 · Lynchburg city, VA · pop 2,918 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 51680000700 belongs to the Miller Park neighborhood of Lynchburg, Virginia. It is home to 2,918 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 67% of US census tracts.

62% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $929 monthly, set against $34,459 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 61% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 23% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,234
Renter share61.4%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate25.1%
Median income$34,459

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Miller Park
Moderate
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 23 tracts In Lynchburg
High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 23 tracts In Lynchburg city
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#110 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lynchburg and the region

Centroid at 37.4033, -79.1620 · click any tract to drill in

Why Miller Park scores 5.6

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
25.1% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$929 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Miller Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Miller Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 000700Lynchburg: 4.04.0Lynchburgparent cityCounty: 4.74.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

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.

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)

  • 657Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 21.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 23.0%Peak (2016)
  • 190Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 516800007002013: 164 filings (22.22/100 renter HHs)2014: 162 filings (21.95/100 renter HHs)2015: 141 filings (19.11/100 renter HHs)2016: 190 filings (22.95/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 16% 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 Miller Park

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 6.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Lynchburg City County average of 5.4 and above the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 25.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 657 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 21.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 23.0% of renter households in 2016.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 51680000700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51680000700?

Census tract 51680000700 in the Miller Park neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 51680000700?

Median gross rent is $929/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51680000700?

25.1% of residents in tract 51680000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,918.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51680000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 71th, minority 75th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 51680000700 considered part of Miller Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51680000700 fall within Miller Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51680000700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 657 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 51680000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.56% of renter households, peaking at 23.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51680000700 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.4% 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. 20.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51680000700 compare to Lynchburg overall?

Tract 51680000700 scores 5.6/10, higher 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 51680000700 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lynchburg

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

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