Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Warwick Lawns Eviction Risk: Lower , Newport News
Tract 51700032113 ·
Newport News city, VA · pop 3,555 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 51700032113 covers part of the Warwick Lawns area of Newport News, VA, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%Stable renters 36%Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,584
Renter share76.3%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$59,773
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0th percentile
#2 of 2 tracts In Warwick Lawns
Very Low
Within parent city
41th percentile
#28 of 47 tracts In Newport News
Moderate
Within county
41th percentile
#28 of 47 tracts In Newport News city
Moderate
Within state
41th percentile
#1,298 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newport News and the region
Centroid at 37.1330, -76.5057 · click any tract to drill in
Why Warwick Lawns scores 3.7
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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,460 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Warwick Lawns compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
67%Socioeconomic
89%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
97%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)
790Total filings over 5 yrs
17.12%Avg annual filing rate
27.3%Peak (2014)
118Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year2012 to 2016
Filings climbed 37% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Warwick Lawns. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
13.3%Housing insecurity
8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
16.2%Food insecurity
13.2%SNAP enrollment
9.1%Transit barriers
10.4%No health insurance
16.8%Frequent mental distress
34.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Warwick Lawns
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 790 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,460, 9% above the Newport News average. Filings peaked in 2014 at 27.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 17.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.1/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 51700032113
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51700032113?
Census tract 51700032113 in the Warwick Lawns neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 51700032113?
Median gross rent is $1,460/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51700032113?
9.7% of residents in tract 51700032113 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,555.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51700032113?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 89th, minority 77th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 51700032113 considered part of Warwick Lawns?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51700032113 fall within Warwick Lawns (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51700032113?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 790 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 51700032113 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.12% of renter households, peaking at 27.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51700032113 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51700032113 compare to Newport News overall?
Tract 51700032113 scores 3.7/10, 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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