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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally

Bayberry Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newport News

Tract 51700032117 · Newport News city, VA · pop 3,941 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

The Elevated-tier score of 6.1/10 for census tract 51700032117 reflects conditions in the Bayberry area of Newport News, Virginia. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,163 a month while the average household earns $55,422 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 19% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,147
Renter share54.2%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate21.8%
Median income$55,422

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Bayberry
Very High
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 47 tracts In Newport News
High
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 47 tracts In Newport News city
High
Within state
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#206 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Newport News and the region

Centroid at 37.0897, -76.4494 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bayberry scores 5.1

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
21.8% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,163 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 Bayberry compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bayberry risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.15.1This tracttract 032117Newport News: 4.34.3Newport Newsparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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)

  • 1,262Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 22.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 26.6%Peak (2013)
  • 223Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 517000321172012: 231 filings (20.72/100 renter HHs)2013: 297 filings (26.64/100 renter HHs)2014: 250 filings (22.42/100 renter HHs)2015: 261 filings (23.41/100 renter HHs)2016: 223 filings (17.60/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Bayberry. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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 Bayberry

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.4/10. 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,262 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 22.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 26.6% of renter households in 2013.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% 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 51700032117

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51700032117?

Census tract 51700032117 in the Bayberry neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 51700032117?

Median gross rent is $1,163/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51700032117?

21.8% of residents in tract 51700032117 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,941.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51700032117?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 82th, minority 56th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 51700032117 considered part of Bayberry?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51700032117 fall within Bayberry (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51700032117?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,262 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 51700032117 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.16% of renter households, peaking at 26.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51700032117 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.5% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51700032117 compare to Newport News overall?

Tract 51700032117 scores 5.1/10, 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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