1 census tracts · pop 5,452 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.1/10
· range 6.1–6.1
Penrose maps to a single census tract in Arlington, VA, population 5,452. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.1/10, in the Elevated tier. This is a renter market: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.8/10. 16% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. At $1,943 a month, rents sit 16% under what the rest of Arlington commands.
The filing record is not thin: 42 evictions logged in this tract. Disability prevalence reaches 19.2% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.
Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10. Food insecurity affects 7.7% of adults, 10.1 points below the national rate.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 2.2% of renter households. Cost burden runs 30% against 26.5% citywide, putting Penrose 3.0% over its own city.
Among the 39 mapped neighborhoods of Arlington, it ranks #10 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 1.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Against average income of $118,284, annual rent is only 20%, a wide affordability cushion.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 6.1/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Penrose vs ArlingtonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority56%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport73%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Penrose
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
42Total filings (sum)
2.21%Avg annual filing rate
2.2%Peak year (2016)
2.21%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Penrose
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.0%Housing insecurity
4.8%Utility shutoff threat
7.7%Food insecurity
5.1%SNAP enrollment
6.9%No health insurance
19.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Penrose
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Penrose?
Penrose scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 Penrose compare to Arlington overall?
Penrose scores 0.1 points higher than Arlington overall (6/10). Renters spend 30% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $1,943 vs $2,322.
Q3
What is the average rent in Penrose?
Average gross rent in Penrose is $1,943/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Penrose residents are renters?
70% of Penrose households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in Arlington). The neighborhood has 5,452 residents.
Q5
Is Penrose a high social-vulnerability area?
Penrose sits in the 17th 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 Penrose for landlords?
Penrose carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.1/10). 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Penrose?
Penrose has 5,309 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (62.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (15.2%), Hispanic / Latino (12%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
