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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Weaver Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Roanoke

Tract 51770003100 · Roanoke city, VA · pop 3,906 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

51770003100 is a census tract in the Weaver Heights area of Roanoke, VA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 20% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,732
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$78,475

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Weaver Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 25 tracts In Roanoke
Very Low
Within county
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 25 tracts In Roanoke city
Very Low
Within state
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#1,798 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Roanoke and the region

Centroid at 37.2526, -79.9909 · click any tract to drill in

Why Weaver Heights scores 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
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$925 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Weaver Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Weaver Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0031004.0Roanokeparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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.

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 Weaver Heights

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. 20% 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 softer side, economic stress reads 1.7/10.

Cost burden runs 36% here against 42.8% across Roanoke City. Against the Roanoke City average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points.

Food insecurity runs 7.2% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 7.0% against 14.2% nationally. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 1.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Against average income of $78,475, annual rent is just 14%. Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Average gross rent is $925, close to the Roanoke average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 51770003100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51770003100?

Census tract 51770003100 in the Weaver Heights neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 51770003100?

Median gross rent is $925/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51770003100?

6.9% of residents in tract 51770003100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,906.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51770003100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 31th, minority 18th, housing 5th.
Q5

Is tract 51770003100 considered part of Weaver Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51770003100 fall within Weaver Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 51770003100 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.0% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 51770003100 compare to Roanoke overall?

Tract 51770003100 scores 3/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 51770003100 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.
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