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Beechmont Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newport News

Tract 51700032227 · Newport News city, VA · pop 4,942 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

The Beechmont area of Newport News is where census tract 51700032227 sits, home to 4,942 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.5/10. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.

About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,253 a month while the average household earns $62,119 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 62% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 44% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,062
Renter share61.6%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$62,119

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Beechmont
Moderate
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 47 tracts In Newport News
Elevated
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 47 tracts In Newport News city
Elevated
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#263 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Newport News and the region

Centroid at 37.1505, -76.5602 · click any tract to drill in

Why Beechmont scores 4.9

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
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,253 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Beechmont compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Beechmont risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 032227Newport News: 4.34.3Newport Newsparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Beechmont. 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 Beechmont

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.1/10. 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 in line with the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 51700032227

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51700032227?

Census tract 51700032227 in the Beechmont neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 51700032227?

Median gross rent is $1,253/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51700032227?

20.3% of residents in tract 51700032227 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,942.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51700032227?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 73th, minority 79th, housing 13th.
Q5

Is tract 51700032227 considered part of Beechmont?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51700032227 fall within Beechmont (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 51700032227 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.3% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 51700032227 compare to Newport News overall?

Tract 51700032227 scores 4.9/10, 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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