2 census tracts · pop 3,576 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.4/10
· range 6.2–7
Fair Haven spans 2 census tracts of Huntington, VA and houses 3,576 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.4/10, in the Elevated tier. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
39% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Huntington rate of 29.0%. Running cool is economic stress, at 1.6/10.
The severe-burden share is 13%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records carry 68 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. SNAP participation is 6.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 8.3% of adults, 9.5 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 5.5% of renter households.
Judgments average 0.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 2 tracts score within 0.8 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
Average gross rent runs $2,018, close to the Huntington average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $98,409. 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
With little internal variation, 6.4/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Fair Haven vs HuntingtonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority60%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport51%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fair Haven
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
68Total filings (sum)
1.99%Avg annual filing rate
5.5%Peak year (2016)
4.12%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fair Haven
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.2%Housing insecurity
5.4%Utility shutoff threat
9.3%Food insecurity
7.1%SNAP enrollment
7.5%No health insurance
26.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fair Haven
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fair Haven?
Fair Haven scores 6.4/10 (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 Fair Haven compare to Huntington overall?
Fair Haven scores 0.5 points higher than Huntington overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,018 vs $2,062.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fair Haven?
Average gross rent in Fair Haven is $2,018/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fair Haven residents are renters?
47% of Fair Haven households are renter-occupied (vs 57% in Huntington). The neighborhood has 3,576 residents.
Q5
Is Fair Haven a high social-vulnerability area?
Fair Haven sits in the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Fair Haven have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fair Haven is census tract 51059420501 (score 7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.2 to 7, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Fair Haven for landlords?
Fair Haven carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.4/10). 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 Huntington as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fair Haven?
Fair Haven has 3,173 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (59.1%), Hispanic / Latino (20.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.