Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Pleasant Eviction Risk: Lower , Chesapeake
Tract 51550021103 ·
Chesapeake city, VA · pop 3,338 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
51550021103 is a census tract in the Mount Pleasant area of Chesapeake, VA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,338. 68% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%Stable renters 1%Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,242
Renter share9.0%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$132,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Mount Pleasant
Moderate
Within parent city
25th percentile
#46 of 61 tracts In Chesapeake
Low
Within county
7th percentile
#57 of 61 tracts In Chesapeake city
Very Low
Within state
18th percentile
#1,798 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chesapeake and the region
Centroid at 36.6936, -76.1356 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Pleasant scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chesapeake
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chesapeake
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chesapeake
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chesapeake
3.5
How Mount Pleasant compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
14%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
25%Racial/ethnic minority
5%Housing & transportation
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
7.5%Housing insecurity
5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
8.3%Food insecurity
6.2%SNAP enrollment
5.3%Transit barriers
5.8%No health insurance
15.2%Frequent mental distress
26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Pleasant
92% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Chesapeake City average of 49.2%. The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. Average gross rent is $3,501, 121% above the Chesapeake average.
The voucher gap is 106.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Food insecurity runs 8.3% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Chesapeake City average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 9% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.3/10. Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 51550021103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51550021103?
Census tract 51550021103 in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 51550021103?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 92% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51550021103?
9.7% of residents in tract 51550021103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,338.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51550021103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 8th, minority 25th, housing 5th.
Q5
Is tract 51550021103 considered part of Mount Pleasant?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51550021103 fall within Mount Pleasant (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 51550021103 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 51550021103 compare to Chesapeake overall?
Tract 51550021103 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Chesapeake at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chesapeake eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chesapeake
Top eight tracts in Chesapeake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.