Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
Montrose Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Richmond
Tract 51760021000 · Richmond city, VA · pop 2,524 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Eviction risk in the Montrose Heights area of Richmond centers on tract 51760021000, which scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 2,524 residents. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 70% of renter households, a severe level, and 60% are severely burdened at 50% or more. About 67% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units979
Renter share67.4%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate33.2%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Richmond and the region
Centroid at 37.5205, -77.3949 · click any tract to drill in
Why Montrose Heights scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
33.2% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Montrose Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 70%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 972Total filings over 4 yrs
- 48.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 62.4%Peak (2016)
- 343Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 97% over the past 4 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.
- 24.6%Housing insecurity
- 17.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.2%Food insecurity
- 30.2%SNAP enrollment
- 15.9%Transit barriers
- 11.6%No health insurance
- 22.2%Frequent mental distress
- 38.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Montrose Heights
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 8.3/10. 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 Richmond eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 972 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 48.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 62.4% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 24.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.7% 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 51760021000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51760021000?
Census tract 51760021000 in the Montrose Heights neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 51760021000?
33.2% of residents in tract 51760021000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,524.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 51760021000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 31th, minority 88th, housing 69th.
Q4
Is tract 51760021000 considered part of Montrose Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51760021000 fall within Montrose Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51760021000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 972 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 51760021000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 48.28% of renter households, peaking at 62.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 51760021000 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.6% 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. 17.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 51760021000 compare to Richmond overall?
Tract 51760021000 scores 6.3/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 51760021000 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. 0% 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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