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Hidenwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newport News

Tract 51700031701 · Newport News city, VA · pop 4,116 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 51700031701 covers the Hidenwood area of Newport News in Virginia. Home to 4,116 residents, it scores 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 76% of US census tracts.

About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,116 monthly, set against $48,370 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 26% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,210
Renter share59.5%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate21.2%
Median income$48,370

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Hidenwood
Moderate
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#9 of 47 tracts In Newport News
High
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 47 tracts In Newport News city
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#181 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Newport News and the region

Centroid at 37.0690, -76.4998 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hidenwood scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Newport News
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
21.2% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,116 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newport News
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newport News
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newport News
4.5

How Hidenwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hidenwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 031701Newport News: 4.34.3Newport Newsparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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)

  • 592Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 19.99%Avg annual filing rate
  • 29.0%Peak (2012)
  • 104Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 517000317012012: 176 filings (29.04/100 renter HHs)2013: 109 filings (17.99/100 renter HHs)2014: 112 filings (18.48/100 renter HHs)2015: 91 filings (15.02/100 renter HHs)2016: 104 filings (19.44/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 41% over the past 5 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 Hidenwood

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.3/10. 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 Newport News eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Newport News City County average of 5.8 and above the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 51700031701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51700031701?

Census tract 51700031701 in the Hidenwood neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 51700031701?

Median gross rent is $1,116/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51700031701?

21.2% of residents in tract 51700031701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,116.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51700031701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 28th, minority 51th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 51700031701 considered part of Hidenwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51700031701 fall within Hidenwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51700031701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 592 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 51700031701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.99% of renter households, peaking at 29.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51700031701 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.9% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51700031701 compare to Newport News overall?

Tract 51700031701 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Newport News at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newport News eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Newport News

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

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