2 census tracts · pop 9,845 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.5/10
· range 3.4–3.6
Crystal Springs spans 2 census tracts of Braddock, VA and houses 9,845 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.5/10, Lower tier. The severe-burden share is 41%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
63% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Braddock rate of 51.0%. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.6/10. The voucher gap is 16.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
Court records carry 26 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Food insecurity affects 7.0% of adults, 10.8 points below the national rate.
Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 5.1% of renter households. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10. At $2,690 a month, rents sit 11% over what the rest of Braddock commands.
4.8% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The most recent observed rate, 1.0% in 2016, is well off that peak.
Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Rent takes 15% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Crystal Springs vs BraddockHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority68%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 Crystal Springs
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
26Total filings (sum)
2.41%Avg annual filing rate
5.1%Peak year (2012)
0.99%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Crystal Springs
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.6%Housing insecurity
3.3%Utility shutoff threat
6.7%Food insecurity
3.8%SNAP enrollment
4.7%No health insurance
20.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Crystal Springs
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Crystal Springs?
Crystal Springs scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 Crystal Springs compare to Braddock overall?
Crystal Springs scores 0.5 points lower than Braddock overall (4/10). Renters spend 63% of income on rent vs 51% citywide. Average rent: $2,690 vs $2,419.
Q3
What is the average rent in Crystal Springs?
Average gross rent in Crystal Springs is $2,690/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Crystal Springs residents are renters?
16% of Crystal Springs households are renter-occupied (vs 20% in Braddock). The neighborhood has 9,845 residents.
Q5
Is Crystal Springs a high social-vulnerability area?
Crystal Springs sits in the 24th 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.
Q6
Which tracts in Crystal Springs have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Crystal Springs is census tract 51059491705 (score 3.6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.4 to 3.6, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Crystal Springs for landlords?
Crystal Springs carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.5/10). 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 Braddock as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Crystal Springs?
Crystal Springs has 9,613 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (44.7%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (41.1%), Hispanic / Latino (7.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
