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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Clopton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Richmond

Tract 51760060800 · Richmond city, VA · pop 3,436 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 5.5/10, tract 51760060800 in the Clopton area of Richmond, VA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,436 residents. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 36% Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,127
Renter share65.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate23.4%
Median income$46,044

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Clopton
Very Low
Within parent city
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 75 tracts In Richmond
High
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 75 tracts In Richmond city
High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#251 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Richmond and the region

Centroid at 37.4773, -77.4312 · click any tract to drill in

Why Clopton scores 5.5

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
23.4% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,174 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 Clopton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Clopton risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 0608004.3Richmondparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

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)

  • 998Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 32.94%Avg annual filing rate
  • 39.2%Peak (2013)
  • 177Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 51760060800
Filings dropped 39% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Clopton. 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 Clopton

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.4/10.

Food insecurity runs 33.6% against 17.8% nationally. 65% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Housing insecurity runs 27.4% against 14.2% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against the Richmond City average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Against Richmond City at 50.2%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened. Court records carry 998 eviction filings across 4 observed years.

Average gross rent is $1,174, 14% below the Richmond average. The worst year on record was 2013, when 39.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 32.9% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 51760060800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51760060800?

Census tract 51760060800 in the Clopton neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 51760060800?

Median gross rent is $1,174/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51760060800?

23.4% of residents in tract 51760060800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,436.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51760060800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 97th, minority 92th, housing 83th.
Q5

Is tract 51760060800 considered part of Clopton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51760060800 fall within Clopton (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51760060800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 998 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 51760060800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 32.94% of renter households, peaking at 39.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51760060800 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.4% 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. 17.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51760060800 compare to Richmond overall?

Tract 51760060800 scores 5.5/10, higher 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Richmond

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

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