Skip to content
Neighborhood · Fair Oaks, VA

Dixie Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 11,943 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.1/10 · range 5.3–6.8

Dixie Hill takes in 2 census tracts of Fair Oaks, VA and houses 11,943 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.1/10, Elevated tier. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

41% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Fair Oaks rate of 29.5%. 73% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.

Running cool is economic stress, at 1.5/10. Scores across the 2 constituent tracts range from 5.3 to 6.8. A 1.5-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here. Court records carry 574 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

Disability prevalence reaches 18.3% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. The severe-burden share is 11%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Food insecurity affects 8.1% of adults, 9.7 points below the national rate.

Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 5.6% of renter households. Among the 4 mapped neighborhoods of Fair Oaks, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 1.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Random Hills and Penderlan.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.5 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Dixie Hill vs Fair Oaks How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
41.0% +39%
Fair Oaks: 29.5%
Average gross rent
$2,231 -2%
Fair Oaks: $2,275
Average HH income
$113,021 -5%
Fair Oaks: $119,387
Poverty rate
4.7% -14%
Fair Oaks: 5.5%
Renter share
73.4% +33%
Fair Oaks: 55.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dixie Hill and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.3–6.8

Why Dixie Hill scores 6.1

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.2–3.2 across tracts
3.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.1–7.1 across tracts
7.1
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.2–7.2 across tracts
7.2
Rent control risk
41% of income on rent · Range 6.1–6.1 across tracts
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.3–3.3 across tracts
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
73% renter households · Range 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.7–4.7 across tracts
4.7
Economic stress
4.7% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.9 across tracts
1.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.4–4.9 across tracts
4.6
Risk score comparison

Dixie Hill vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Dixie Hill score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Dixie Hill: 6.16.1Dixie HillNeighborhoodParent city: 5.95.9Parent cityhost cityState: 4.34.3Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Dixie Hill

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
51059491703 6.8 6,166 50% $2,183
51059491704 5.3 5,777 31% $2,282
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 23

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 33%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 5%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 66%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 36%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Dixie Hill

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 574Total filings (sum)
  • 4.21%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.6%Peak year (2016)
  • 5.00%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Dixie Hill

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

Frequently asked

About Dixie Hill

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Dixie Hill?

Dixie Hill scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 Dixie Hill compare to Fair Oaks overall?

Dixie Hill scores 0.2 points higher than Fair Oaks overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 41% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $2,231 vs $2,275.
Q3

What is the average rent in Dixie Hill?

Average gross rent in Dixie Hill is $2,231/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Dixie Hill residents are renters?

73% of Dixie Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in Fair Oaks). The neighborhood has 11,943 residents.
Q5

Is Dixie Hill a high social-vulnerability area?

Dixie Hill sits in the 23rd 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 Dixie Hill have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Dixie Hill is census tract 51059491703 (score 6.8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.3 to 6.8, a spread of 1.5 points.
Q7

How safe is Dixie Hill for landlords?

Dixie Hill carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.1/10). 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 Fair Oaks as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Dixie Hill?

Dixie Hill has 11,692 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (40.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (26.4%), Hispanic / Latino (15.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Dixie Hill

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Fair Oaks

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Dixie Hill.

Zoom out

Up the geography chain · or explore further