Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Beechwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Newport News

Tract 51700032211 · Newport News city, VA · pop 6,634 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 51700032211 sits in the Beechwood area of Newport News eviction risk, VA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 6,634 residents. 21% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Newport News City average of 49.3%.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 14% Owners 82%

Tract context

Occupied units2,362

Renter share17.3%

SVI overall0.22

Poverty rate10.7%

Median income$90,168

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Newport News and the region

Centroid at 37.1308, -76.5656 · click any tract to drill in

Why Beechwood scores 3

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

10.7% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$1,719 rent vs county FMR

5.1

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 Beechwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

37%Socioeconomic
67%Household composition
61%Racial/ethnic minority
2%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)

215Total filings over 5 yrs
18.05%Avg annual filing rate
19.8%Peak (2013)
39Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

11.8%Housing insecurity
8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
14.9%Food insecurity
12.9%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
8.7%No health insurance
15.9%Frequent mental distress
32.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Beechwood

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.8/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Average gross rent is $1,719, 28% above the Newport News average. It sits 1.1 points below the Newport News City average of 4.1. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.7/10.

The filing record is not thin: 215 evictions over 5 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2013 at 19.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 18.1% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 17% 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.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3/10.

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 51700032211

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51700032211?

Census tract 51700032211 in the Beechwood 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.

What is the average rent in tract 51700032211?

Median gross rent is $1,719/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 51700032211?

10.7% of residents in tract 51700032211 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,634.

How socially vulnerable is tract 51700032211?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 67th, minority 61th, housing 2th.

Is tract 51700032211 considered part of Beechwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51700032211 fall within Beechwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51700032211?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 215 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 51700032211 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.05% of renter households, peaking at 19.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 51700032211 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.8% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 51700032211 compare to Newport News overall?

Tract 51700032211 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Newport News

Top eight tracts in Newport News ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org