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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally

Willoughby Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate , Norfolk

Tract 51710000400 · Norfolk city, VA · pop 3,507 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Eviction risk in the Willoughby Beach neighborhood of Norfolk centers on tract 51710000400, which scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,507 residents. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,169 a month against an average household income of $58,265 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 68% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 31% Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,686
Renter share68.1%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$58,265

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Willoughby Beach
Moderate
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 80 tracts In Norfolk
Elevated
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 80 tracts In Norfolk city
Elevated
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#350 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Norfolk and the region

Centroid at 36.9650, -76.2907 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willoughby Beach scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Norfolk
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,169 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Norfolk
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Norfolk
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Norfolk
5.0

How Willoughby Beach compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Willoughby Beach risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 000400Norfolk: 4.54.5Norfolkparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 599Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 20.18%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.6%Peak (2011)
  • 230Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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 Willoughby Beach

What moves this score most is housing court bias at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Norfolk 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 Norfolk City County average of 5.1 and in line with the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 48th 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 51710000400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51710000400?

Census tract 51710000400 in the Willoughby Beach neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 51710000400?

Median gross rent is $1,169/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51710000400?

13.7% of residents in tract 51710000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,507.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51710000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 21th, minority 57th, housing 22th.
Q5

Is tract 51710000400 considered part of Willoughby Beach?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51710000400 fall within Willoughby Beach (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51710000400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 599 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51710000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.18% of renter households, peaking at 24.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51710000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.2% 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.
Q8

How does tract 51710000400 compare to Norfolk overall?

Tract 51710000400 scores 4.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Norfolk at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Norfolk eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 51710000400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Norfolk

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

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