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East Haven Eviction Risk: Lower , Norfolk

Tract 51710002200 · Norfolk city, VA · pop 1,872 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 51710002200 (the East Haven area of Norfolk, Virginia) comes in at 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 40th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,625 a month while the average household earns $102,841 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 7% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units867
Renter share21.3%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$102,841

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In East Haven
Moderate
Within parent city
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#69 of 80 tracts In Norfolk
Very Low
Within county
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#69 of 80 tracts In Norfolk city
Very Low
Within state
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#791 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Norfolk and the region

Centroid at 36.8967, -76.2807 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Haven scores 3.5

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
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,625 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 East Haven compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East Haven risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.53.5This tracttract 002200Norfolk: 4.54.5Norfolkparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

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.

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)

  • 7Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 2.80%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.1%Peak (2011)
  • 2Filings 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 East Haven

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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% 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 51710002200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51710002200?

Census tract 51710002200 in the East Haven neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 51710002200?

Median gross rent is $1,625/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51710002200?

8.5% of residents in tract 51710002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,872.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51710002200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 18th, minority 43th, housing 10th.
Q5

Is tract 51710002200 considered part of East Haven?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51710002200 fall within East Haven (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51710002200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51710002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.80% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51710002200 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.4% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51710002200 compare to Norfolk overall?

Tract 51710002200 scores 3.5/10, 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 51710002200 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. 9% 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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