2 census tracts · pop 11,149 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.5/10
· range 3.4–3.8
Liberty spans 2 census tracts of Laurel Hill, VA and houses 11,149 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.5/10, Lower tier. roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Laurel Hill rate of 23.2%.
The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.2/10. Filings are well documented here: 266 across 2 observed tracts. The voucher gap is 14.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
10% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation is 5.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 12.9% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 8.9% of adults, 8.9 points below the national rate.
Average gross rent is $2,646, 10% above the Laurel Hill average of $2,413. Judgments average 1.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 25% 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 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.4 points apart at the extremes.
With little internal variation, 3.5/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. 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
Liberty vs Laurel HillHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority77%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport30%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Liberty
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
266Total filings (sum)
6.71%Avg annual filing rate
12.9%Peak year (2016)
4.86%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Liberty
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.4%Housing insecurity
5.3%Utility shutoff threat
9.1%Food insecurity
5.8%SNAP enrollment
5.7%No health insurance
20.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Liberty
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Liberty?
Liberty 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 Liberty compare to Laurel Hill overall?
Liberty scores 0.5 points lower than Laurel Hill overall (4/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 23% citywide. Average rent: $2,646 vs $2,413.
Q3
What is the average rent in Liberty?
Average gross rent in Liberty is $2,646/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Liberty residents are renters?
25% of Liberty households are renter-occupied (vs 22% in Laurel Hill). The neighborhood has 11,149 residents.
Q5
Is Liberty a high social-vulnerability area?
Liberty sits in the 37th 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 Liberty have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Liberty is census tract 51059422201 (score 3.8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.4 to 3.8, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Liberty for landlords?
Liberty 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 Laurel Hill as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Liberty?
Liberty has 11,103 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (31.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (26.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (24.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
