3 census tracts · pop 10,693 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10
· range 5.4–6.1
Mosaic District spans 3 census tracts of Merrifield, VA, population 10,693. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.8/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
78% 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. roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, higher than the Merrifield rate of 26.2%. On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.6/10.
Severe burden reaches 13%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Court records for this tract carry 106 eviction filings. SNAP participation is 5.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 8.8% of adults, 9.0 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 4.6% of renter households.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10. Judgments average 0.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Mosaic District vs MerrifieldHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority67%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport54%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mosaic District
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
106Total filings (sum)
2.97%Avg annual filing rate
4.6%Peak year (2016)
4.61%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Mosaic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.8%Housing insecurity
4.6%Utility shutoff threat
8.6%Food insecurity
5.3%SNAP enrollment
6.9%No health insurance
17.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Mosaic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mosaic District?
Mosaic District scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 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 Mosaic District compare to Merrifield overall?
Mosaic District scores 0.1 points lower than Merrifield overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 26% citywide. Average rent: $2,309 vs $2,368.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mosaic District?
Average gross rent in Mosaic District is $2,309/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mosaic District residents are renters?
78% of Mosaic District households are renter-occupied (vs 61% in Merrifield). The neighborhood has 10,693 residents.
Q5
Is Mosaic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Mosaic District sits in the 20th 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 Mosaic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Mosaic District is census tract 51059440201 (score 6.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 6.1, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Mosaic District for landlords?
Mosaic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Merrifield as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Mosaic District?
Mosaic District has 11,133 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (43.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (27.7%), Hispanic / Latino (14.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
