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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

West View Eviction Risk: Moderate , Roanoke

Tract 51770002302 · Roanoke city, VA · pop 3,592 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 51770002302 sits in the West View area of Roanoke eviction risk, VA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.3/10. Population here is 3,592. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 18% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,623
Renter share38.3%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate20.8%
Median income$53,453

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In West View
Moderate
Within parent city
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 25 tracts In Roanoke
Moderate
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 25 tracts In Roanoke city
Moderate
Within state
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#854 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Roanoke and the region

Centroid at 37.3073, -80.0059 · click any tract to drill in

Why West View scores 4.3

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
20.8% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,200 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 West View compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West View risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.3This tracttract 0023024.0Roanokeparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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

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 West View

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Cost burden runs 53% here against 42.8% across Roanoke City. At $1,200 a month, rents run 20% over what the rest of Roanoke commands. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

SNAP participation runs 24.5% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 25.3% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Roanoke City average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $53,453.

38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 51770002302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51770002302?

Census tract 51770002302 in the West View neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 51770002302?

Median gross rent is $1,200/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51770002302?

20.8% of residents in tract 51770002302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,592.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51770002302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 93th, minority 74th, housing 29th.
Q5

Is tract 51770002302 considered part of West View?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51770002302 fall within West View (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 51770002302 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.2% 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. 13.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 51770002302 compare to Roanoke overall?

Tract 51770002302 scores 4.3/10, higher 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Roanoke

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

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