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Neighborhood · Arlington, VA

Oakwood Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 5,339 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.2/10 · range 5.2–5.2

Oakwood is a one-tract neighborhood of Arlington, VA, population 5,339. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.2/10, Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 61% against 26.5% citywide, putting Oakwood 34.8% over its own city.

At $3,501 a month, rents sit 51% over what the rest of Arlington commands. What pushes the score up most is supply constraint at 10/10. The voucher gap is 51.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.

On the softer side is economic stress, at 1/10. Severe burden reaches 18%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

Food insecurity affects 5.4% of adults, 12.4 points below the national rate. The filing record is not thin: 1 evictions logged in this tract. 3.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 1.1% of renter households. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10. That places it #37 of 39 neighborhoods in Arlington.

At 11% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. For a like-for-like read, Crescent Hills and Country Club Hills score within a fraction of it.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.2/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Oakwood vs Arlington How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
61.3% +131%
Arlington: 26.5%
Average gross rent
$3,501 +51%
Arlington: $2,322
Average HH income
$239,167 +71%
Arlington: $140,160
Poverty rate
2.1% -71%
Arlington: 7.1%
Renter share
10.9% -81%
Arlington: 58.7%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Oakwood and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.2–5.2

Why Oakwood scores 5.2

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.2–3.2 across tracts
3.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 8.2–8.2 across tracts
8.2
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Rent control risk
61% of income on rent · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
11% renter households · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Economic stress
2.1% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Risk score comparison

Oakwood vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Oakwood score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.2OakwoodNeighborhood6.0Parent cityhost city4.3Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Oakwood

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
51013100100 5.2 5,339 61% $3,501
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 14

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 5%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 62%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 42%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 15%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Oakwood

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1Total filings (sum)
  • 1.11%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.1%Peak year (2016)
  • 1.11%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Oakwood

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Oakwood

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Oakwood?

Oakwood scores 5.2/10 (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 Oakwood compare to Arlington overall?

Oakwood scores 0.8 points lower than Arlington overall (6/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $3,501 vs $2,322.
Q3

What is the average rent in Oakwood?

Average gross rent in Oakwood is $3,501/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Oakwood residents are renters?

11% of Oakwood households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in Arlington). The neighborhood has 5,339 residents.
Q5

Is Oakwood a high social-vulnerability area?

Oakwood sits in the 14th 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 Oakwood for landlords?

Oakwood carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.2/10). 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 Oakwood?

Oakwood has 5,208 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (73.9%), Other / Multiracial (12.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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