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Willowbrook Eviction Risk: Lower , Suffolk

Tract 51800075503 · Suffolk city, VA · pop 2,868 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Eviction risk in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Suffolk centers on tract 51800075503, which scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 2,868 residents. It lands near the 24th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 81% of renter households, a severe level, and 70% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $90,952 a year. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 2% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,110
Renter share8.5%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$90,952

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Willowbrook
Moderate
Within parent city
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#18 of 36 tracts In Suffolk
Moderate
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 36 tracts In Suffolk city
Moderate
Within state
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#1,136 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Suffolk and the region

Centroid at 36.7543, -76.5595 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willowbrook scores 2.7

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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Willowbrook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Willowbrook risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.72.7This tracttract 075503Suffolk: 3.83.8Suffolkparent cityCounty: 2.92.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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 Willowbrook

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 Black and White and ranks around the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.6% 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 51800075503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51800075503?

Census tract 51800075503 in the Willowbrook neighborhood scores 2.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the poverty rate in tract 51800075503?

7.4% of residents in tract 51800075503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,868.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 51800075503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 43th, minority 69th, housing 30th.
Q4

Is tract 51800075503 considered part of Willowbrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51800075503 fall within Willowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q5

What share of households in tract 51800075503 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.5% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 51800075503 compare to Suffolk overall?

Tract 51800075503 scores 2.7/10, 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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