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Westwood Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Idylwood

Tract 51059471402 · Fairfax County, VA · pop 3,749 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 5/10, tract 51059471402 in the Westwood Park area of Idylwood, VA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 16% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,473
Renter share27.7%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$116,597

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Westwood Park
Very High
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Idylwood
High
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#73 of 274 tracts In Fairfax County
Elevated
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#508 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Idylwood and the region

Centroid at 38.8829, -77.2055 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westwood Park scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Idylwood
8.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.1
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,375 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Idylwood
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Idylwood
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Idylwood
4.0

How Westwood Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westwood Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 471402Idylwood: 4.44.4Idylwoodparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.24.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 69Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 4.34%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.6%Peak (2012)
  • 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 510594714022011: 22 filings (5.54/100 renter HHs)2012: 26 filings (6.55/100 renter HHs)2013: 17 filings (4.28/100 renter HHs)2016: 4 filings (1.00/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 82% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Westwood Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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 Westwood Park

Average gross rent is $1,375, 33% below the Idylwood average. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.4/10.

Court records carry 69 eviction filings across 4 observed years. It sits 0.7 points above the Fairfax County average of 4.3.

Filings peaked in 2012 at 6.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $116,597, annual rent is just 14%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 40% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 51059471402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51059471402?

Census tract 51059471402 in the Westwood Park neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 51059471402?

Median gross rent is $1,375/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51059471402?

10.1% of residents in tract 51059471402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,749.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51059471402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 79th, minority 75th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 51059471402 considered part of Westwood Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51059471402 fall within Westwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51059471402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 69 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 51059471402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.34% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51059471402 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.4% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51059471402 compare to Idylwood overall?

Tract 51059471402 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Idylwood at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Idylwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Idylwood

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

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