Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Museum District Eviction Risk: Lower , Richmond
Tract 51760040600 · Richmond city, VA · pop 1,711 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
51760040600 is a census tract in the Museum District area of Richmond, VA. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,711 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,037
Renter share72.5%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$72,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Richmond and the region
Centroid at 37.5618, -77.4740 · click any tract to drill in
Why Museum District scores 3.9
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
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,390 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Museum District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 62%Grade B
- 32%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)
- 117Total filings over 4 yrs
- 3.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2016)
- 37Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 19% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Museum District. 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.
- 10.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.8%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Museum District
This is renter territory: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.4/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Cost burden runs 45% here against 50.2% across Richmond City.
Court records carry 117 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.2% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Richmond City average of 4.3 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 51760040600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51760040600?
Census tract 51760040600 in the Museum District neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 51760040600?
Median gross rent is $1,390/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51760040600?
13.5% of residents in tract 51760040600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,711.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51760040600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 1th, minority 21th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 51760040600 considered part of Museum District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51760040600 fall within Museum District (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51760040600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 117 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 51760040600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.81% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51760040600 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.8% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51760040600 compare to Richmond overall?
Tract 51760040600 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Richmond at 4.3/10. 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 51760040600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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