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Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally

Miller Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Norfolk

Tract 51710005701 · Norfolk city, VA · pop 4,073 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

How risky is the Miller Heights neighborhood of Norfolk for landlords? Census tract 51710005701 scores 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 67th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $980 a month against an average household income of $40,291 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 62% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 23% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,607
Renter share61.5%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate36.5%
Median income$40,291

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Miller Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 80 tracts In Norfolk
Very High
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 80 tracts In Norfolk city
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#37 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Norfolk and the region

Centroid at 36.9109, -76.2553 · click any tract to drill in

Why Miller Heights scores 6.1

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
36.5% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$980 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 Miller Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Miller Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 005701Norfolk: 4.54.5Norfolkparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

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.

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)

  • 1,224Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 45.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 55.5%Peak (2011)
  • 436Filings 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 Miller Heights

What moves this score most is economic stress at 9.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Norfolk City County average of 5.1 and above the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 27.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 21.7% 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 51710005701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51710005701?

Census tract 51710005701 in the Miller Heights neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 51710005701?

Median gross rent is $980/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51710005701?

36.5% of residents in tract 51710005701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,073.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51710005701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 87th, minority 87th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 51710005701 considered part of Miller Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51710005701 fall within Miller Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51710005701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,224 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51710005701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 45.05% of renter households, peaking at 55.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51710005701 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.4% 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. 21.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51710005701 compare to Norfolk overall?

Tract 51710005701 scores 6.1/10, higher 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 51710005701 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. 8% 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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