Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood Eviction Risk: Lower , Norfolk
Tract 51710002100 · Norfolk city, VA · pop 1,509 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Eviction risk in the Lakewood area of Norfolk centers on tract 51710002100, which scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier) and is home to 1,509 residents. That is riskier than roughly 7% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
14% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $285 a month while the average household earns $118,908 a year, roughly 3% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units723
Renter share32.4%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$118,908
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norfolk and the region
Centroid at 36.8892, -76.2689 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakewood scores 3
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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$285 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Lakewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 21%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 8Total filings over 2 yrs
- 1.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2016)
- 5Filings 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.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 5.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakewood
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 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 20th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 51710002100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51710002100?
Census tract 51710002100 in the Lakewood 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 51710002100?
Median gross rent is $285/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51710002100?
3.4% of residents in tract 51710002100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,509.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51710002100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 34th, minority 35th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 51710002100 considered part of Lakewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51710002100 fall within Lakewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51710002100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51710002100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.98% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51710002100 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.2% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51710002100 compare to Norfolk overall?
Tract 51710002100 scores 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 51710002100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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