Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Newport News
Tract 51700032001 · Newport News city, VA · pop 2,851 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
51700032001 is a census tract in the Lakewood Park area of Newport News, VA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,851 residents. Cost burden runs 83% here against 49.3% across Newport News City.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,164
Renter share4.5%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$132,891
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newport News and the region
Centroid at 37.0984, -76.5473 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakewood Park 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
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,900 rent vs county FMR
6.2
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 Lakewood Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 32Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.9%Peak (2014)
- 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 233% 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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakewood Park
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.8/10. Average gross rent is $1,900, 42% above the Newport News average. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Food insecurity runs 7.5% against 17.8% nationally.
It sits 1.1 points below the Newport News City average of 4.1. SNAP participation runs 5.5% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 32 eviction filings across 5 observed years. The voucher gap is 12.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 9.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 4% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 51700032001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51700032001?
Census tract 51700032001 in the Lakewood Park 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 51700032001?
Median gross rent is $1,900/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 83% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51700032001?
3.9% of residents in tract 51700032001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,851.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51700032001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 19th, minority 43th, housing 12th.
Q5
Is tract 51700032001 considered part of Lakewood Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51700032001 fall within Lakewood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51700032001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 51700032001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.04% of renter households, peaking at 9.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51700032001 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51700032001 compare to Newport News overall?
Tract 51700032001 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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