Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Edgewood Eviction Risk: Lower , Newport News
Tract 51700031800 · Newport News city, VA · pop 3,525 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 51700031800 covers part of the Edgewood area of Newport News, VA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,525 residents. 71% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Newport News City average of 49.3%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,462
Renter share8.2%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$149,048
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newport News and the region
Centroid at 37.0644, -76.5216 · click any tract to drill in
Why Edgewood scores 3
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
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,780 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 Edgewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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)
- 88Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.7%Peak (2013)
- 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% 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.
- 5.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.7%Food insecurity
- 4.0%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 12.7%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Edgewood
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,780, 33% above the Newport News average.
Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 5.7% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 4.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Newport News City average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 88 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 8.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 6.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
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 51700031800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51700031800?
Census tract 51700031800 in the Edgewood neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 51700031800?
Median gross rent is $1,780/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51700031800?
2.2% of residents in tract 51700031800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,525.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51700031800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 9th, minority 19th, housing 18th.
Q5
Is tract 51700031800 considered part of Edgewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51700031800 fall within Edgewood (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51700031800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 88 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 51700031800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.78% of renter households, peaking at 8.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51700031800 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.1% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51700031800 compare to Newport News overall?
Tract 51700031800 scores 3/10, lower 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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