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Eviction Risk in Waterloo Heights , Boyce

1 census tracts · pop 3,183 · pop-weighted composite 3.6/10 · range 3.6–3.6

Waterloo Heights is a white (non-hispanic) neighborhood in Boyce with 1 census tract and a population of 3,183 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 3.6/10 (Lower tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 34% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 18% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $1,375/month sits 0% higher than the Boyce citywide median ($1,375).

Eviction Risk
3.6
Lower tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
34%
18% severely burdened
Median rent
$1,375
Median household income
$122,632
5.3% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

Waterloo Heights vs. parent city, state, and U.S.

Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).

Waterloo Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Waterloo Heights: 3.63.6Waterloo HeightsNeighborhoodParent city: 3.73.7Parent cityhost cityState: 5.35.3Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by composite score.

Peer · VA
The Sage
3.7
/ 10 · Low
1 tracts · pop. 2.6K
Peer · VA
Rockcroft
4.0
/ 10 · Moderate
1 tracts · pop. 4.1K
Peer · VA
Willow Lake
2.7
/ 10 · Low
1 tracts · pop. 2.9K
Peer · VA
Berryville Historic District
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
1 tracts · pop. 4.7K
Comparison

Waterloo Heights vs Boyce

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
3.6 -3%
Boyce: 3.7
Rent burden
33.5% +43%
Boyce: 23.4%
Median gross rent
$1,375 +0%
Boyce: $1,375
Median HH income
$122,632 +13%
Boyce: $108,125
Poverty rate
5.3% +334%
Boyce: 1.2%
Renter share
16.3% -5%
Boyce: 17.2%
Where

Tract centroids in Waterloo Heights

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

White (non-Hispanic) Neighborhood — 3,200 residents across all tracts in Waterloo Heights. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 7.6% White (non-Hispanic): 80.9% Black (non-Hispanic): 8% Asian (non-Hispanic): 0.1% Other / Multiracial: 3.5%
  • Hispanic / Latino 7.6%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 80.9%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 8%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 0.1%
  • Other / Multiracial 3.5%
Census tracts

1 tracts in Waterloo Heights

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

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
51043010200 3.6 3,183 34% $1,375
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 23

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 29%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 41%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 26%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 21%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Waterloo Heights

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 55Total filings (sum)
  • 1.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.2%Peak year (2011)
  • 0.27%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Waterloo Heights

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

Frequently asked

About Waterloo Heights

What is the eviction-risk score for Waterloo Heights?

Waterloo Heights scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.

How does Waterloo Heights compare to Boyce overall?

Waterloo Heights scores 0.1 points lower than Boyce overall (3.7/10). Rent burden: 34% vs 23% citywide. Median rent: $1,375 vs $1,375.

What is the median rent in Waterloo Heights?

Median gross rent in Waterloo Heights is $1,375/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Waterloo Heights residents are renters?

16% of Waterloo Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 17% in Boyce). The neighborhood has 3,183 residents.

Is Waterloo Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Waterloo Heights sits in the 23th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.