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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally

City Center Eviction Risk: Moderate , Richmond

Tract 51760030200 · Richmond city, VA · pop 3,036 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 51760030200 covers the City Center area of Richmond, home to 3,036 residents. For landlords it grades 6.5/10, an elevated reading. On the national scale it ranks #11,710 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 66% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,169 a month while the average household earns $45,598 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 71% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 24% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,287
Renter share71.3%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$45,598

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In City Center
Moderate
Within parent city
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 75 tracts In Richmond
Elevated
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 75 tracts In Richmond city
Elevated
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#230 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Richmond and the region

Centroid at 37.5457, -77.4360 · click any tract to drill in

Why City Center scores 5

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
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,169 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 City Center compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
City Center risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 030200Richmond: 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)

  • 768Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 25.62%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.9%Peak (2016)
  • 220Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 517600302002013: 139 filings (19.69/100 renter HHs)2014: 219 filings (31.02/100 renter HHs)2015: 190 filings (26.91/100 renter HHs)2016: 220 filings (24.86/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 58% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in City Center

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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 768 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 25.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 24.9% of renter households in 2016.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 32% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

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 51760030200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51760030200?

Census tract 51760030200 in the City Center neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 51760030200?

Median gross rent is $1,169/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51760030200?

16.7% of residents in tract 51760030200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,036.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51760030200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 10th, minority 67th, housing 72th.
Q5

Is tract 51760030200 considered part of City Center?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51760030200 fall within City Center (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51760030200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 768 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 51760030200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.62% of renter households, peaking at 24.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51760030200 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.4% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51760030200 compare to Richmond overall?

Tract 51760030200 scores 5/10, 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 51760030200 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. 32% 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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