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Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally

Oceana Eviction Risk: Lower , Virginia Beach

Tract 51810044806 · Virginia Beach city, VA · pop 2,684 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 51810044806 sits in the Oceana neighborhood of Virginia Beach eviction risk, Virginia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. It lands near the 27th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,284 a month while the average household earns $53,396 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 77% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 40% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,240
Renter share77.1%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$53,396

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Oceana
Very High
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 111 tracts In Virginia Beach
High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 111 tracts In Virginia Beach city
High
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#826 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Virginia Beach and the region

Centroid at 36.8420, -76.0203 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oceana scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Virginia Beach
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,284 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Virginia Beach
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Virginia Beach
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Virginia Beach
4.0

How Oceana compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Oceana risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.43.4This tracttract 044806Virginia Beach: 3.83.8Virginia Beachparent cityCounty: 2.42.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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)

  • 248Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 26.33%Avg annual filing rate
  • 26.3%Peak (2016)
  • 248Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Oceana. 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 Oceana

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach City County average of 4.5 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 68th 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 19.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.6% 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 51810044806

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51810044806?

Census tract 51810044806 in the Oceana neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 51810044806?

Median gross rent is $1,284/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51810044806?

13.0% of residents in tract 51810044806 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,684.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51810044806?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 20th, minority 65th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 51810044806 considered part of Oceana?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51810044806 fall within Oceana (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51810044806?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 248 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 51810044806 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.33% of renter households, peaking at 26.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51810044806 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51810044806 compare to Virginia Beach overall?

Tract 51810044806 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Virginia Beach at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Virginia Beach eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Virginia Beach

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

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