1 census tracts · pop 2,875 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.5/10
· range 5.5–5.5
Ashton Heights is a one-tract neighborhood of Arlington, VA and houses 2,875 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.5/10, in the Moderate tier. The voucher gap is 37.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
At $3,180 a month, rents sit 37% over what the rest of Arlington commands. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.3/10.
On the high side is supply constraint at 8.7/10. Cost burden runs roughly one in three against 26.5% citywide, putting Ashton Heights 8.3% over its own city. Disability prevalence reaches 17.8% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.
Court records for this tract carry 1 eviction filings. 4.0% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 0.2% of renter households. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10. That places it #20 of 39 neighborhoods in Arlington.
Judgments average 0.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Green Valley and Lynhaven score within a fraction of it.
One tract means one number: 5.5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Ashton Heights vs ArlingtonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority26%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport80%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Ashton Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1Total filings (sum)
0.23%Avg annual filing rate
0.2%Peak year (2016)
0.23%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Ashton Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
4.5%Housing insecurity
2.9%Utility shutoff threat
4.2%Food insecurity
2.6%SNAP enrollment
4.0%No health insurance
17.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Ashton Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Ashton Heights?
Ashton Heights scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Ashton Heights compare to Arlington overall?
Ashton Heights scores 0.5 points lower than Arlington overall (6/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $3,180 vs $2,322.
Q3
What is the average rent in Ashton Heights?
Average gross rent in Ashton Heights is $3,180/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Ashton Heights residents are renters?
32% of Ashton Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in Arlington). The neighborhood has 2,875 residents.
Q5
Is Ashton Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Ashton Heights sits in the 12th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Ashton Heights for landlords?
Ashton Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Arlington as a whole (6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Ashton Heights?
Ashton Heights has 2,910 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (83%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6%), Hispanic / Latino (4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
