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Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally

Brambleton Eviction Risk: Lower , Norfolk

Tract 51710004500 · Norfolk city, VA · pop 1,511 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 3.8/10, tract 51710004500 in the Brambleton area of Norfolk, VA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,511. Average gross rent is $407, 69% below the Norfolk average.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 11% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units667
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$85,506

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Brambleton
Very Low
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 80 tracts In Norfolk
Moderate
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 80 tracts In Norfolk city
Moderate
Within state
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#1,203 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Norfolk and the region

Centroid at 36.8496, -76.2505 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brambleton scores 3.8

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
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$407 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 Brambleton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brambleton risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.8This tracttract 0045004.1Norfolkparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 75Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 17.43%Avg annual filing rate
  • 21.6%Peak (2011)
  • 30Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Brambleton. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brambleton

Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 27.0% against 17.8% nationally.

The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.3/10.

Court records carry 75 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2011, when 21.6% of renter households were served.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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 17.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $85,506, annual rent is just 6%.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 51710004500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51710004500?

Census tract 51710004500 in the Brambleton 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 51710004500?

Median gross rent is $407/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51710004500?

18.3% of residents in tract 51710004500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,511.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51710004500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 6th, minority 84th, housing 62th.
Q5

Is tract 51710004500 considered part of Brambleton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51710004500 fall within Brambleton (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51710004500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 75 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51710004500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.43% of renter households, peaking at 21.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51710004500 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.1% 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 51710004500 compare to Norfolk overall?

Tract 51710004500 scores 3.8/10, lower 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 51710004500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 24% 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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