Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Ridgewood Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Roanoke

Tract 51770002200 · Roanoke city, VA · pop 2,789 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

51770002200 is a census tract in the Ridgewood Heights area of Roanoke, VA. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,789 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score

3.7

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 6% Owners 88%

Tract context

Occupied units1,060

Renter share12.0%

SVI overall0.60

Poverty rate15.2%

Median income$54,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Roanoke and the region

Centroid at 37.2848, -80.0140 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ridgewood Heights scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Roanoke

5.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.3

State political climate

Virginia legislature & governorship

3.2

Economic stress

15.2% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

$1,097 rent vs county FMR

4.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Roanoke

1.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Roanoke

4.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Roanoke

4.5

How Ridgewood Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

62%Socioeconomic
41%Household composition
67%Racial/ethnic minority
57%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
6%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.

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.

14.2%Housing insecurity
9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
17.8%Food insecurity
16.0%SNAP enrollment
9.4%Transit barriers
10.7%No health insurance
17.2%Frequent mental distress
36.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ridgewood Heights

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 49% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Roanoke City average of 42.8%.

At $1,097 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Roanoke commands. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Roanoke. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the Roanoke City average of 4.2 closely.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $54,167.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 51770002200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51770002200?

Census tract 51770002200 in the Ridgewood Heights neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 51770002200?

Median gross rent is $1,097/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 51770002200?

15.2% of residents in tract 51770002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,789.

How socially vulnerable is tract 51770002200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 41th, minority 67th, housing 57th.

Is tract 51770002200 considered part of Ridgewood Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51770002200 fall within Ridgewood Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 51770002200 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.2% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 51770002200 compare to Roanoke overall?

Tract 51770002200 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Roanoke at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Roanoke eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 51770002200 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. 6% 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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Top eight tracts in Roanoke ranked by composite eviction-risk score.