Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Norfolk Highlands Eviction Risk: Lower , Chesapeake
Tract 51550020003 · Chesapeake city, VA · pop 5,743 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Norfolk Highlands in Chesapeake anchors census tract 51550020003, which lands at 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #63,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
66% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,277 a month while the average household earns $71,136 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,234
Renter share36.8%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$71,136
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chesapeake and the region
Centroid at 36.8137, -76.2325 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norfolk Highlands scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,277 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Norfolk Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 76%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 758Total filings over 6 yrs
- 15.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.2%Peak (2011)
- 137Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
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.
- 14.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.6%Food insecurity
- 17.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 10.3%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norfolk Highlands
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 3.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chesapeake eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Chesapeake City County average of 4.3 and below the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 51550020003
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51550020003?
Census tract 51550020003 in the Norfolk Highlands neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 51550020003?
Median gross rent is $1,277/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51550020003?
14.9% of residents in tract 51550020003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,743.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51550020003?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 94th, minority 64th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 51550020003 considered part of Norfolk Highlands?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51550020003 fall within Norfolk Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51550020003?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 758 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51550020003 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.10% of renter households, peaking at 18.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51550020003 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.8% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51550020003 compare to Chesapeake overall?
Tract 51550020003 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Chesapeake at 3.6/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 51550020003 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 76% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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4.7
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4.5
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4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.2
/ 10 · Low
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3.2
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