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Willoughby Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , Norfolk

Tract 51710000500 · Norfolk city, VA · pop 3,352 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 51710000500 sits in Willoughby Terrace in Norfolk eviction risk, Virginia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,204 a month while the average household earns $91,908 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 26% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,487
Renter share46.0%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$91,908

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Willoughby Terrace
Moderate
Within parent city
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#75 of 80 tracts In Norfolk
Very Low
Within county
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#75 of 80 tracts In Norfolk city
Very Low
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#878 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Norfolk and the region

Centroid at 36.9475, -76.2633 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willoughby Terrace scores 3.3

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
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,204 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Willoughby Terrace risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.33.3This tracttract 000500Norfolk: 4.54.5Norfolkparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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)

  • 455Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 31.43%Avg annual filing rate
  • 34.9%Peak (2011)
  • 220Filings 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 Terrace

The score leans hardest on 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 below the Norfolk City County average of 5.1 and below the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 455 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 31.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 34.9% of renter households in 2011.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 51710000500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51710000500?

Census tract 51710000500 in the Willoughby Terrace neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 51710000500?

Median gross rent is $1,204/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51710000500?

4.8% of residents in tract 51710000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,352.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51710000500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 83th, minority 59th, housing 31th.
Q5

Is tract 51710000500 considered part of Willoughby Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51710000500 fall within Willoughby Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51710000500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 455 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51710000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 31.43% of renter households, peaking at 34.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51710000500 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51710000500 compare to Norfolk overall?

Tract 51710000500 scores 3.3/10, lower than 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 51710000500 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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