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Neighborhood · Chesapeake, VA

Mill Pond Forest Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 11,816 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Mill Pond Forest maps to a single census tract in Chesapeake, VA and houses 11,816 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. Cost burden runs 55% against 33.8% citywide, putting Mill Pond Forest 21.5% over its own city.

37% 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. Average gross rent is $3,162, 99% above the Chesapeake average of $1,586. The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10.

The voucher gap is 86.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Set annual rent against average household income of $108,917 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.

On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.6/10. Court records for this tract carry 208 eviction filings.

Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 6.4% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 7.5% in 2016 against a 6.4% peak. Among the 48 mapped neighborhoods of Chesapeake, it ranks #29 by risk, the middle third.

Only 11% 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. The closest comparables inside the same city are Chadswyck and Deep Creek.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 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
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Mill Pond Forest vs Chesapeake How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
55.3% +64%
Chesapeake: 33.8%
Average gross rent
$3,162 +99%
Chesapeake: $1,586
Average HH income
$108,917 +16%
Chesapeake: $94,189
Poverty rate
6.3% -28%
Chesapeake: 8.7%
Renter share
11.3% -56%
Chesapeake: 25.7%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Mill Pond Forest and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3–3

Why Mill Pond Forest scores 3

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 5.3–5.3 across tracts
5.3
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Rent control risk
55% of income on rent · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
11% renter households · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Economic stress
6.3% below poverty line · Range 1.6–1.6 across tracts
1.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Risk score comparison

Mill Pond Forest vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Mill Pond Forest score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0Mill Pond ForestNeighborhood3.4Parent cityhost city4.3Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Mill Pond Forest

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
51550020804 3 11,816 55% $3,162
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 18

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

Socioeconomic status 6%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 44%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 63%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 25%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Mill Pond Forest

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 208Total filings (sum)
  • 5.60%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.4%Peak year (2014)
  • 7.49%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Mill Pond Forest

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

Frequently asked

About Mill Pond Forest

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Mill Pond Forest?

Mill Pond Forest 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 Mill Pond Forest compare to Chesapeake overall?

Mill Pond Forest scores 0.4 points lower than Chesapeake overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $3,162 vs $1,586.
Q3

What is the average rent in Mill Pond Forest?

Average gross rent in Mill Pond Forest is $3,162/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Mill Pond Forest residents are renters?

11% of Mill Pond Forest households are renter-occupied (vs 26% in Chesapeake). The neighborhood has 11,816 residents.
Q5

Is Mill Pond Forest a high social-vulnerability area?

Mill Pond Forest sits in the 18th 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 Mill Pond Forest for landlords?

Mill Pond Forest 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 Mill Pond Forest?

Mill Pond Forest has 11,229 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (55%), Black (non-Hispanic) (19.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (11.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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