2 census tracts · pop 6,703 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7/10
· range 6.7–7.4
Virginia Highlands is a 2-tract neighborhood of Arlington, VA, population 6,703. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. 44% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Arlington rate of 26.5%.
82% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. 18% 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.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10. The filing record is not thin: 23 evictions logged in this tract.
The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. SNAP participation is 6.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 8.8% of adults, 9.0 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 1.4% of renter households. Among the 39 mapped neighborhoods of Arlington, it ranks #3 by risk, the upper third.
Judgments average 0.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Its 2 tracts score within 0.7 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
With little internal variation, 7/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Virginia Highlands vs ArlingtonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority67%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport74%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Virginia Highlands
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
23Total filings (sum)
1.39%Avg annual filing rate
1.4%Peak year (2016)
1.39%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Virginia Highlands
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.8%Housing insecurity
4.9%Utility shutoff threat
8.8%Food insecurity
6.3%SNAP enrollment
6.8%No health insurance
21.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Virginia Highlands
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Virginia Highlands?
Virginia Highlands scores 7/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Virginia Highlands compare to Arlington overall?
Virginia Highlands scores 1.0 points higher than Arlington overall (6/10). Renters spend 44% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $2,194 vs $2,322.
Q3
What is the average rent in Virginia Highlands?
Average gross rent in Virginia eviction laws Highlands is $2,194/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Virginia Highlands residents are renters?
82% of Virginia Highlands households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in Arlington). The neighborhood has 6,703 residents.
Q5
Is Virginia Highlands a high social-vulnerability area?
Virginia Highlands sits in the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Virginia Highlands have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Virginia Highlands is census tract 51013103505 (score 7.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.7 to 7.4, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Virginia Highlands for landlords?
Virginia eviction laws Highlands carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Virginia Highlands?
Virginia Highlands has 6,670 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (47.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (21.9%), Hispanic / Latino (12.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
