Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
West Ghent Eviction Risk: Moderate , Norfolk
Tract 51710980100 · Norfolk city, VA · pop 0 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 51710980100 covers part of Norfolk, Virginia, but it has little or no resident population in the latest Census count. Tracts like this usually fall over parks, water, industrial land, or institutional grounds, so there is no household-level rent or eviction profile to report. Its eviction-risk score of 4.7/10 reflects the surrounding county and state framework rather than local renters.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 30% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 100%
Tract context
SVI overall-10.00
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norfolk and the region
Centroid at 36.8747, -76.3241 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Ghent scores 4.6
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
this tract poverty rate
3.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 West Ghent compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: -1,000
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- -1,000%Socioeconomic
- -1,000%Household composition
- -1,000%Racial/ethnic minority
- -1,000%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 16%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)
- 2Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.0%Peak (2016)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Ghent. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Frequently asked
About tract 51710980100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51710980100?
Census tract 51710980100 in the West Ghent neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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
How socially vulnerable is tract 51710980100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority -1000th, housing -1000th.
Q3
Is tract 51710980100 considered part of West Ghent?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51710980100 fall within West Ghent (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51710980100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 51710980100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.00% of renter households, peaking at 0.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
How does tract 51710980100 compare to Norfolk overall?
Tract 51710980100 scores 4.6/10, right in line with 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.
Q6
Was tract 51710980100 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. 16% 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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6.2
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6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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