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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Owens Village Eviction Risk: Lower , Chesapeake

Tract 51550021401 · Chesapeake city, VA · pop 2,034 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 51550021401 sits in the Owens Village area of Chesapeake eviction risk, VA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 2,034. 22% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Chesapeake City average of 49.2%.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 10% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units801
Renter share12.6%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$106,705

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Owens Village
Moderate
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 61 tracts In Chesapeake
Low
Within county
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#37 of 61 tracts In Chesapeake city
Moderate
Within state
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#1,798 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chesapeake and the region

Centroid at 36.7627, -76.3510 · click any tract to drill in

Why Owens Village 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
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Owens Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Owens Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0214013.4Chesapeakeparent city3.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 65Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 10.24%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.8%Peak (2013)
  • 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 51550021401
Filings climbed 71% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Owens Village

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 65 filings here across 6 tracked years. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. It sits 0.6 points below the Chesapeake City average of 3.6.

The worst year on record was 2013, when 16.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 10.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 51550021401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51550021401?

Census tract 51550021401 in the Owens Village 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 poverty rate in tract 51550021401?

1.8% of residents in tract 51550021401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,034.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 51550021401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 80th, minority 58th, housing 26th.
Q4

Is tract 51550021401 considered part of Owens Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51550021401 fall within Owens Village (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51550021401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 65 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51550021401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.24% of renter households, peaking at 16.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 51550021401 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.4% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 51550021401 compare to Chesapeake overall?

Tract 51550021401 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.

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