The Fan Eviction Risk: Lower , Richmond

37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Richmond City average of 50.2%. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.4/10.

17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Richmond City average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 197 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 6.1% against 14.2% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $1,496, 9% above the Richmond average.

Filings peaked in 2013 at 9.1% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Richmond. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.