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Heritage Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Winchester

Tract 51840000101 · Winchester city, VA · pop 3,903 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 51840000101 runs through the Heritage Hills area of Winchester. With 3,903 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. It lands near the 73rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,423 monthly, set against $71,404 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 59% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 43% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,364
Renter share58.9%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate22.6%
Median income$71,404

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Heritage Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Winchester
High
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Winchester city
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#181 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Winchester and the region

Centroid at 39.1852, -78.1487 · click any tract to drill in

Why Heritage Hills scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Winchester
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
22.6% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,423 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Winchester
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Winchester
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Winchester
7.2

How Heritage Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Heritage Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 000101Winchester: 3.73.7Winchesterparent cityCounty: 5.05.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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 Heritage Hills

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Winchester eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Winchester City County average of 6.4 and above the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 51840000101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51840000101?

Census tract 51840000101 in the Heritage Hills neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 51840000101?

Median gross rent is $1,423/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51840000101?

22.6% of residents in tract 51840000101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,903.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51840000101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 98th, minority 64th, housing 82th.
Q5

Is tract 51840000101 considered part of Heritage Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51840000101 fall within Heritage Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 51840000101 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.8% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 51840000101 compare to Winchester overall?

Tract 51840000101 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Winchester at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Winchester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Winchester

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

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