Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Hidenwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newport News
Tract 51700031701 · Newport News city, VA · pop 4,116 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 51700031701 in the Hidenwood area of Newport News, VA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
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 parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
81
th percentile
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-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 592Total filings over 5 yrs
- 19.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.0%Peak (2012)
- 104Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 14.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.2%Food insecurity
- 14.9%SNAP enrollment
- 12.5%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hidenwood
The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.
Against Newport News City at 49.3%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Against the Newport News City average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Average gross rent is $1,116, 17% below the Newport News average.
The filing record is not thin: 592 evictions over 5 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2012 at 29.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 20.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
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 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 4/10. 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.
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