1 census tracts · pop 4,943 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Fentress maps to a single census tract in Chesapeake, VA, population 4,943. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. Average gross rent is $3,501, 121% above the Chesapeake average of $1,586.
The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. The voucher gap is 106.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1/10. On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
Court records for this tract carry 29 eviction filings. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 7.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 8.8% of renter households. 5.3% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Recent filings have not receded much: 10.3% in 2016 against a 8.8% peak.
Among the 48 mapped neighborhoods of Chesapeake, it ranks #29 by risk, the middle third. Only 3% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $167,583.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 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
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Fentress vs ChesapeakeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority36%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport2%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fentress
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
29Total filings (sum)
8.09%Avg annual filing rate
8.8%Peak year (2011)
10.34%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fentress
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.1%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility shutoff threat
7.6%Food insecurity
5.3%SNAP enrollment
5.3%No health insurance
23.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fentress
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fentress?
Fentress scores 3/10 (Lower 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 Fentress compare to Chesapeake overall?
Fentress scores 0.4 points lower than Chesapeake overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 0% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $3,501 vs $1,586.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fentress?
Average gross rent in Fentress is $3,501/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fentress residents are renters?
3% of Fentress households are renter-occupied (vs 26% in Chesapeake). The neighborhood has 4,943 residents.
Q5
Is Fentress a high social-vulnerability area?
Fentress sits in the 7th 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 Fentress for landlords?
Fentress carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 Chesapeake as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Fentress?
Fentress has 4,960 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (75.5%), Hispanic / Latino (10.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (5.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
