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Neighborhood · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally

Carytown Eviction Risk: Lower , Richmond

Tract 51760040800 · Richmond city, VA · pop 1,443 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

How risky is the Carytown neighborhood of Richmond for landlords? Census tract 51760040800 scores 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,392 a month while the average household earns $88,617 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 28% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units748
Renter share48.5%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$88,617

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Carytown
Very High
Within parent city
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#57 of 75 tracts In Richmond
Low
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 75 tracts In Richmond city
Low
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#612 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Richmond and the region

Centroid at 37.5564, -77.4854 · click any tract to drill in

Why Carytown scores 3.9

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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,392 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 Carytown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Carytown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.93.9This tracttract 040800Richmond: 4.74.7Richmondparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 85Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 4.69%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.7%Peak (2013)
  • 21Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 517600408002013: 27 filings (5.67/100 renter HHs)2014: 22 filings (4.62/100 renter HHs)2015: 15 filings (3.15/100 renter HHs)2016: 21 filings (5.30/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 22% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Carytown. 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 Carytown

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 below 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 safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% 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 51760040800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51760040800?

Census tract 51760040800 in the Carytown 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 51760040800?

Median gross rent is $1,392/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51760040800?

10.5% of residents in tract 51760040800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,443.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51760040800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 1th, minority 28th, housing 15th.
Q5

Is tract 51760040800 considered part of Carytown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51760040800 fall within Carytown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51760040800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 85 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 51760040800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.69% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51760040800 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.7% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51760040800 compare to Richmond overall?

Tract 51760040800 scores 3.9/10, lower 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 51760040800 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Richmond

Top eight tracts in Richmond ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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