Bensley Village Eviction Risk: Elevated
2 census tracts · pop 4,736 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.7/10 · range 6.3–7.1
Bensley Village spans 2 census tracts of Bellwood, VA, population 4,736. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.7/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Severe burden reaches 36%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Against a Bellwood baseline of 40.9%, 54% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1.4/10.
SNAP participation is 33.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 8.6/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 26.3% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Court records carry 3,037 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 56.7% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 29.2% in 2016, is well off that peak.
For a like-for-like read, Quail Oaks and Drewrys Bluff score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Its 2 tracts score within 0.8 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
Average gross rent runs $1,053, close to the Bellwood average.
With little internal variation, 6.7/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
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Risk heat across Bensley Village and the region
Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 6.3–7.1
Why Bensley Village scores 6.7
9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendlyBensley Village vs. parent city, state, U.S.
Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).
2 tracts in Bensley Village
Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.
| Tract↕ | Score↕ | Pop↕ | % over 30% on rent↕ | Average rent↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51041100404 | 7.1 | 2,516 | 48% | $939 |
| 51041100405 | 6.3 | 2,220 | 60% | $1,182 |
CDC SVI percentile: 96
Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.
Court-record eviction history in Bensley Village
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 3,037Total filings (sum)
- 38.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 56.7%Peak year (2011)
- 28.92%Latest filed (2016)
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bensley Village
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
- 26.4%Housing insecurity
- 18.2%Utility shutoff threat
- 35.7%Food insecurity
- 34.1%SNAP enrollment
- 24.1%No health insurance
- 43.3%Any disability
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