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Mechanicsville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Danville

Tract 51590000500 · Danville city, VA · pop 1,948 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 51590000500 covers the Mechanicsville area of Danville in Virginia. Home to 1,948 residents, it scores 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 82% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $897 a month against an average household income of $48,277 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 79% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 55% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units915
Renter share78.6%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate22.2%
Median income$48,277

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Mechanicsville
Moderate
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 16 tracts In Danville
Moderate
Within county
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 16 tracts In Danville city
Moderate
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#168 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Danville and the region

Centroid at 36.5820, -79.3874 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mechanicsville scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Danville
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
22.2% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$897 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Danville
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Danville
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Danville
6.9

How Mechanicsville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mechanicsville risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 000500Danville: 3.73.7Danvilleparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

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 Mechanicsville

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Danville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Danville City County average of 6.6 and above the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 21.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 51590000500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51590000500?

Census tract 51590000500 in the Mechanicsville neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 average rent in tract 51590000500?

Median gross rent is $897/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51590000500?

22.2% of residents in tract 51590000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,948.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51590000500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 33th, minority 78th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 51590000500 considered part of Mechanicsville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51590000500 fall within Mechanicsville (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 51590000500 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.1% 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. 15.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 51590000500 compare to Danville overall?

Tract 51590000500 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Danville at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Danville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Danville

Top eight tracts in Danville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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