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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally

Fairmount Eviction Risk: Moderate , Richmond

Tract 51760020300 · Richmond city, VA · pop 1,825 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

The Elevated-tier score of 6.7/10 for census tract 51760020300 reflects conditions in Fairmount in Richmond, Virginia. That is riskier than roughly 90% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,506 a month while the average household earns $54,833 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. About 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 23% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units974
Renter share55.4%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate22.5%
Median income$54,833

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Fairmount
Very Low
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#22 of 75 tracts In Richmond
Elevated
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#22 of 75 tracts In Richmond city
Elevated
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#181 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Richmond and the region

Centroid at 37.5420, -77.4081 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairmount scores 5.2

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
22.5% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,506 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Fairmount compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairmount risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 020300Richmond: 4.74.7Richmondparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 416Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 41.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 49.0%Peak (2013)
  • 99Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 517600203002013: 123 filings (49.00/100 renter HHs)2014: 97 filings (38.65/100 renter HHs)2015: 97 filings (38.65/100 renter HHs)2016: 99 filings (40.74/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fairmount. 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 Fairmount

The score leans hardest on 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.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 66th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 21.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 51760020300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51760020300?

Census tract 51760020300 in the Fairmount neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 51760020300?

Median gross rent is $1,506/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51760020300?

22.5% of residents in tract 51760020300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,825.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51760020300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 58th, minority 82th, housing 40th.
Q5

Is tract 51760020300 considered part of Fairmount?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51760020300 fall within Fairmount (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51760020300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 416 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 51760020300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 41.76% of renter households, peaking at 49.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51760020300 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.8% 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. 15.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51760020300 compare to Richmond overall?

Tract 51760020300 scores 5.2/10, higher than 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 51760020300 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. 70% 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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