1 census tracts · pop 4,501 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 4.5–4.5
Dorchester is a one-tract neighborhood of Meadowbrook, VA and houses 4,501 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.5/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs roughly two in three against 37.4% citywide, putting Dorchester 29.0% over its own city.
37% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.7/10.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.6/10. Court records for this tract carry 266 eviction filings.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 10.7% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 6.5% in 2016 against a 10.7% peak. Average gross rent is $1,466, 7% below the Meadowbrook average of $1,583.
That places it #3 of 5 neighborhoods in Meadowbrook. At 24% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. For a like-for-like read, Beulah Village and Hunting Creek Hills score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 7.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Dorchester vs MeadowbrookHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority80%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport46%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Dorchester
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
266Total filings (sum)
8.33%Avg annual filing rate
10.7%Peak year (2015)
6.47%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Dorchester
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
14.3%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility shutoff threat
17.0%Food insecurity
13.6%SNAP enrollment
11.3%No health insurance
31.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Dorchester
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Dorchester?
Dorchester scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Dorchester compare to Meadowbrook overall?
Dorchester scores 0.5 points higher than Meadowbrook overall (4/10). Renters spend 66% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,466 vs $1,583.
Q3
What is the average rent in Dorchester?
Average gross rent in Dorchester is $1,466/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Dorchester residents are renters?
24% of Dorchester households are renter-occupied (vs 25% in Meadowbrook). The neighborhood has 4,501 residents.
Q5
Is Dorchester a high social-vulnerability area?
Dorchester sits in the 76th 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
How safe is Dorchester for landlords?
Dorchester carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Meadowbrook as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Dorchester?
Dorchester has 4,365 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (44.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (23.8%), Hispanic / Latino (20.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
