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Neighborhood · Bellwood, VA

Drewrys Bluff Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 5,232 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.9/10 · range 5.4–7.1

Drewrys Bluff spans 2 census tracts of Bellwood, VA and houses 5,232 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.9/10, in the Moderate tier. 59% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Bellwood rate of 40.9%.

The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 2/10.

Food insecurity affects 35.3% of adults, 17.5 points above the national rate. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

Scores across the 2 constituent tracts range from 5.4 to 7.1. A 1.7-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here. 18.5% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.6/10.

Filings are well documented here: 2,904 across 2 observed tracts. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.3/10.

At $1,193 a month, rents sit 13% over what the rest of Bellwood commands. The worst year on record was 2013, when filings touched 65.0% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 21.8% in 2016, is well off that peak.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.7 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Drewrys Bluff vs Bellwood How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
58.9% +44%
Bellwood: 40.9%
Average gross rent
$1,193 +13%
Bellwood: $1,059
Average HH income
$56,711 +13%
Bellwood: $50,172
Poverty rate
27.1% +51%
Bellwood: 17.9%
Renter share
63.1% +12%
Bellwood: 56.1%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Drewrys Bluff and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.4–7.1

Why Drewrys Bluff scores 5.9

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 8.6–8.6 across tracts
8.6
Rent control risk
59% of income on rent · Range 6.6–9.1 across tracts
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.6–2.7 across tracts
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
63% renter households · Range 6.1–9.4 across tracts
7.1
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.4–8.3 across tracts
7.0
Economic stress
27.1% below poverty line · Range 6.6–7.0 across tracts
6.7
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–2.4 across tracts
2.0
Risk score comparison

Drewrys Bluff vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Drewrys Bluff score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.9Drewrys BluffNeighborhood5.7Parent cityhost city4.3Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Drewrys Bluff

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
51041100406 7.1 1,565 81% $1,032
51041100806 5.4 3,667 49% $1,261
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 97

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 96%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 96%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 77%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Drewrys Bluff

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 2,904Total filings (sum)
  • 39.59%Avg annual filing rate
  • 65.0%Peak year (2013)
  • 24.21%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Drewrys Bluff

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

Frequently asked

About Drewrys Bluff

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Drewrys Bluff?

Drewrys Bluff scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Drewrys Bluff compare to Bellwood overall?

Drewrys Bluff scores 0.2 points higher than Bellwood overall (5.7/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 41% citywide. Average rent: $1,193 vs $1,059.
Q3

What is the average rent in Drewrys Bluff?

Average gross rent in Drewrys Bluff is $1,193/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Drewrys Bluff residents are renters?

63% of Drewrys Bluff households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Bellwood). The neighborhood has 5,232 residents.
Q5

Is Drewrys Bluff a high social-vulnerability area?

Drewrys Bluff sits in the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Drewrys Bluff have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Drewrys Bluff is census tract 51041100406 (score 7.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 7.1, a spread of 1.7 points.
Q7

How safe is Drewrys Bluff for landlords?

Drewrys Bluff carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.9/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Bellwood as a whole (5.7/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Drewrys Bluff?

Drewrys Bluff has 5,077 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (39%), Black (non-Hispanic) (36.5%), White (non-Hispanic) (19.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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