1 census tracts · pop 3,483 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Vale maps to a single census tract in Difficult Run, VA, population 3,483. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3/10, placing it in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 100% against 30.9% citywide, putting Vale 69.1% over its own city.
The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1/10. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.6/10. Running cool is housing-court posture, at 1.7/10.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 4.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Court records for this tract carry 2 eviction filings. 3.7% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 2.6% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 4.4% in 2016 against a 2.6% peak. Only 2% 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.
Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Vale vs Difficult RunHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority34%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport1%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Vale
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2Total filings (sum)
3.49%Avg annual filing rate
2.6%Peak year (2012)
4.35%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Vale
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
4.1%Housing insecurity
2.7%Utility shutoff threat
4.3%Food insecurity
2.5%SNAP enrollment
3.7%No health insurance
19.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Vale
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Vale?
Vale scores 3/10 (Lower 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 Vale compare to Difficult Run overall?
Vale scores 0.4 points lower than Difficult Run overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 100% of income on rent vs 31% citywide.
Q3
What percentage of Vale residents are renters?
2% of Vale households are renter-occupied (vs 2% in Difficult Run). The neighborhood has 3,483 residents.
Q4
Is Vale a high social-vulnerability area?
Vale sits in the 1st 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.
Q5
How safe is Vale for landlords?
Vale carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 Difficult Run as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q6
What is the demographic breakdown of Vale?
Vale has 3,390 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81.7%), Hispanic / Latino (7.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
