Ghent Eviction Risk: Lower , Norfolk

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. 75% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. Food insecurity runs 7.6% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 111 eviction filings across 2 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2011 at 5.0% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Norfolk. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Norfolk eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract. Social vulnerability reads 5.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.