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Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Montview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lynchburg

Tract 51680001400 · Lynchburg city, VA · pop 6,482 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 51680001400 covers part of the Montview area of Lynchburg, VA, and scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,482 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.1/10.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 31% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units137
Renter share46.0%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate16.6%
Median income$48,278

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Montview
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 23 tracts In Lynchburg
Moderate
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 23 tracts In Lynchburg city
Moderate
Within state
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#977 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lynchburg and the region

Centroid at 37.3692, -79.1627 · click any tract to drill in

Why Montview scores 4.1

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
16.6% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$950 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Montview compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Montview risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.1This tracttract 0014003.9Lynchburgparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 33

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

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)

  • 65Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 22.43%Avg annual filing rate
  • 26.3%Peak (2014)
  • 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 51680001400
Filings dropped 19% 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 Montview

32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Lynchburg City average of 43.8%. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

The filing record is not thin: 65 evictions over 4 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.9/10.

Average gross rent is $950, 11% below the Lynchburg average. The worst year on record was 2014, when 26.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 22.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Lynchburg City average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $48,278.

46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 51680001400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51680001400?

Census tract 51680001400 in the Montview neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 51680001400?

Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51680001400?

16.6% of residents in tract 51680001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,482.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51680001400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 1th, minority 57th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 51680001400 considered part of Montview?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51680001400 fall within Montview (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51680001400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 65 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 51680001400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.43% of renter households, peaking at 26.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51680001400 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.0% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51680001400 compare to Lynchburg overall?

Tract 51680001400 scores 4.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Lynchburg at 3.9/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lynchburg

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

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