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Red Top Eviction Risk: Lower , Suffolk

Tract 51800075402 · Suffolk city, VA · pop 5,104 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 51800075402 belongs to Red Top in Suffolk, Virginia. It is home to 5,104 residents and scores 4.4/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 19th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

52% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,345 a month against an average household income of $130,250 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 10% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,847
Renter share20.5%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$130,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
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Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Red Top
Very Low
Within parent city
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Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 36 tracts In Suffolk
Very Low
Within county
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Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 36 tracts In Suffolk city
Very Low
Within state
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#1,644 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Suffolk and the region

Centroid at 36.7771, -76.5662 · click any tract to drill in

Why Red Top scores 1.6

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
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,345 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Red Top compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Red Top risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.61.6This tracttract 075402Suffolk: 3.83.8Suffolkparent cityCounty: 2.92.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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)

  • 406Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 20.42%Avg annual filing rate
  • 25.3%Peak (2012)
  • 74Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 518000754022011: 48 filings (14.46/100 renter HHs)2012: 84 filings (25.30/100 renter HHs)2013: 81 filings (24.40/100 renter HHs)2014: 62 filings (18.67/100 renter HHs)2015: 57 filings (17.17/100 renter HHs)2016: 74 filings (22.49/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 54% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Red Top. 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 Red Top

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 3.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Suffolk eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Suffolk City County average of 4.3 and below the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 51800075402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51800075402?

Census tract 51800075402 in the Red Top neighborhood scores 1.6/10 (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 51800075402?

Median gross rent is $1,345/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51800075402?

3.0% of residents in tract 51800075402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,104.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51800075402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 9th, minority 65th, housing 10th.
Q5

Is tract 51800075402 considered part of Red Top?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51800075402 fall within Red Top (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51800075402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 406 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51800075402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.42% of renter households, peaking at 25.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51800075402 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.0% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51800075402 compare to Suffolk overall?

Tract 51800075402 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Suffolk at 3.8/10. 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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