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Highland Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Richmond

Tract 51760010700 · Richmond city, VA · pop 2,471 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Eviction risk in Highland Park in Richmond centers on tract 51760010700, which scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 2,471 residents. It lands near the 84th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 68% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,181 a month while the average household earns $64,268 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 10% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,074
Renter share30.7%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$64,268

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Highland Park
Very High
Within parent city
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#37 of 75 tracts In Richmond
Moderate
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#36 of 75 tracts In Richmond city
Moderate
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#350 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Richmond and the region

Centroid at 37.5744, -77.4300 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland Park scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Richmond
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,181 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Richmond
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Richmond
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Richmond
5.0

How Highland Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Highland Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 010700Richmond: 4.74.7Richmondparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

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)

  • 628Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 35.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 40.9%Peak (2016)
  • 162Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 517600107002013: 150 filings (32.47/100 renter HHs)2014: 157 filings (33.98/100 renter HHs)2015: 159 filings (34.42/100 renter HHs)2016: 162 filings (40.91/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Highland Park. 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 Highland Park

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Richmond eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Richmond City County average of 6.4 and above the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 21% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 628 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 35.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 40.9% of renter households in 2016.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 51760010700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51760010700?

Census tract 51760010700 in the Highland Park 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

What is the average rent in tract 51760010700?

Median gross rent is $1,181/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51760010700?

15.4% of residents in tract 51760010700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,471.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51760010700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 11th, minority 79th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 51760010700 considered part of Highland Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51760010700 fall within Highland Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51760010700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 628 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 51760010700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 35.45% of renter households, peaking at 40.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51760010700 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.7% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51760010700 compare to Richmond overall?

Tract 51760010700 scores 4.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Richmond at 4.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Richmond eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 51760010700 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. 21% 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 Richmond

Top eight tracts in Richmond ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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