Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Meadowbrook Eviction Risk: Lower , Norfolk
Tract 51710001200 · Norfolk city, VA · pop 3,951 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 51710001200 sits in the Meadowbrook area of Norfolk eviction risk, Virginia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. On the national scale it ranks #50,109 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 63% of renter households, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,300 a month against an average household income of $79,892 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,891
Renter share45.1%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$79,892
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
23
th percentile
Low
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norfolk and the region
Centroid at 36.9111, -76.3052 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meadowbrook scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,300 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Meadowbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 41%Grade A
- 16%Grade B
- 10%Grade C
- 3%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 486Total filings over 2 yrs
- 26.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 33.4%Peak (2011)
- 171Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Meadowbrook. 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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meadowbrook
The heaviest input here 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 486 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 26.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 33.4% of renter households in 2011.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% 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 51710001200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51710001200?
Census tract 51710001200 in the Meadowbrook neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 51710001200?
Median gross rent is $1,300/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51710001200?
9.3% of residents in tract 51710001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,951.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51710001200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 45th, minority 52th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 51710001200 considered part of Meadowbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51710001200 fall within Meadowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51710001200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 486 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51710001200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.12% of renter households, peaking at 33.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51710001200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51710001200 compare to Norfolk overall?
Tract 51710001200 scores 3.8/10, 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 51710001200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 3% 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.
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6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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