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Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Westhaven Lakes Eviction Risk: Lower , Suffolk

Tract 51800075401 · Suffolk city, VA · pop 2,500 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 51800075401 covers part of the Westhaven Lakes area of Suffolk, VA, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,500 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.4/10.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 36% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units994
Renter share59.4%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$71,204

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Westhaven Lakes
Moderate
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 36 tracts In Suffolk
Elevated
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 36 tracts In Suffolk city
Elevated
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#1,425 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Suffolk and the region

Centroid at 36.7475, -76.6039 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westhaven Lakes scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Suffolk
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,620 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Suffolk
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Suffolk
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Suffolk
3.5

How Westhaven Lakes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westhaven Lakes risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.5This tracttract 0754013.4Suffolkparent city3.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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)

  • 286Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 21.68%Avg annual filing rate
  • 38.4%Peak (2016)
  • 78Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 51800075401
Filings climbed 152% over the past 6 months.
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 Westhaven Lakes

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against Suffolk City at 46.8%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10. Court records carry 286 eviction filings across 6 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2016, when 38.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 21.7% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Suffolk City average of 3.6 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,620, close to the Suffolk average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $71,204.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 51800075401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51800075401?

Census tract 51800075401 in the Westhaven Lakes neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 51800075401?

Median gross rent is $1,620/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51800075401?

5.6% of residents in tract 51800075401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,500.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51800075401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 19th, minority 60th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 51800075401 considered part of Westhaven Lakes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51800075401 fall within Westhaven Lakes (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51800075401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 286 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51800075401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.68% of renter households, peaking at 38.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51800075401 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.9% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51800075401 compare to Suffolk overall?

Tract 51800075401 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Suffolk at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Suffolk eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Suffolk

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

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