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East Norview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Norfolk

Tract 51710005901 · Norfolk city, VA · pop 4,849 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 51710005901 sits in the East Norview area of Norfolk eviction risk, Virginia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.

64% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,360 a month against an average household income of $41,222 a year, roughly 40% of income at the averages. Renters make up 81% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 52% Stable renters 29% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units2,110
Renter share81.4%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate21.5%
Median income$41,222

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In East Norview
Moderate
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 80 tracts In Norfolk
High
Within county
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#15 of 80 tracts In Norfolk city
High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#129 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Norfolk and the region

Centroid at 36.8966, -76.2341 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Norview scores 5.5

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
21.5% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,360 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 East Norview compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East Norview risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 005901Norfolk: 4.54.5Norfolkparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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)

  • 1,341Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 43.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 57.4%Peak (2011)
  • 502Filings 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 Norview

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.4/10. 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 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 Black and ranks around the 86th 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 65% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 51710005901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51710005901?

Census tract 51710005901 in the East Norview neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 51710005901?

Median gross rent is $1,360/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51710005901?

21.5% of residents in tract 51710005901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,849.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51710005901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 81th, minority 88th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 51710005901 considered part of East Norview?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51710005901 fall within East Norview (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51710005901?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,341 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51710005901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 43.90% of renter households, peaking at 57.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51710005901 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.2% 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. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51710005901 compare to Norfolk overall?

Tract 51710005901 scores 5.5/10, 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 51710005901 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. 65% 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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