Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Ballentine Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Norfolk
Tract 51710003300 · Norfolk city, VA · pop 2,502 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 4.5/10, tract 51710003300 in the Ballentine Place area of Norfolk, VA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.5/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,040
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$69,310
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norfolk and the region
Centroid at 36.8665, -76.2536 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ballentine Place scores 4.5
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
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,103 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Ballentine Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 82%Grade C
- 10%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)
- 209Total filings over 2 yrs
- 30.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 35.4%Peak (2011)
- 95Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ballentine Place. 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.
- 21.8%Housing insecurity
- 15.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.4%Food insecurity
- 26.1%SNAP enrollment
- 14.4%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 38.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ballentine Place
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. 43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Norfolk City average of 50.4%.
SNAP participation runs 26.1% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Food insecurity runs 27.4% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,103 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Norfolk commands.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. Court records carry 209 eviction filings across 2 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 35.4% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 30.6% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 51710003300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51710003300?
Census tract 51710003300 in the Ballentine Place neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 51710003300?
Median gross rent is $1,103/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51710003300?
20.7% of residents in tract 51710003300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,502.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51710003300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 27th, minority 81th, housing 12th.
Q5
Is tract 51710003300 considered part of Ballentine Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51710003300 fall within Ballentine Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51710003300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 209 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51710003300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.58% of renter households, peaking at 35.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51710003300 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.8% 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. 15.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51710003300 compare to Norfolk overall?
Tract 51710003300 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Norfolk at 4.1/10. 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 51710003300 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. 10% 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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