Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Kennelworth Eviction Risk: Elevated , Petersburg
Tract 51730810300 · Petersburg city, VA · pop 2,394 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 51730810300 sits in the Kennelworth area of Petersburg eviction risk, VA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. Population here is 2,394. 37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,217
Renter share61.6%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate25.9%
Median income$52,348
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Petersburg and the region
Centroid at 37.2163, -77.4371 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kennelworth scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Petersburg
8.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.8
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
25.9% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,265 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Petersburg
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Petersburg
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Petersburg
7.3
How Kennelworth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,089Total filings over 7 yrs
- 29.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 43.0%Peak (2014)
- 204Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 76% over the past 7 months.
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.
- 21.3%Housing insecurity
- 15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.7%Food insecurity
- 26.2%SNAP enrollment
- 14.2%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 38.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kennelworth
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.9/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.7/10.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.9/10. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Food insecurity runs 26.7% against 17.8% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,089 filings here across 7 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 21.3% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2014, when 43.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 29.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10. Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 51730810300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51730810300?
Census tract 51730810300 in the Kennelworth neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 51730810300?
Median gross rent is $1,265/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51730810300?
25.9% of residents in tract 51730810300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,394.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51730810300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 21th, minority 82th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 51730810300 considered part of Kennelworth?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51730810300 fall within Kennelworth (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51730810300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,089 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 51730810300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.25% of renter households, peaking at 43.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51730810300 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.3% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51730810300 compare to Petersburg overall?
Tract 51730810300 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Petersburg at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Petersburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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