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Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally

Oakton Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 51059461201 · Fairfax County, VA · pop 4,033

Tract 51059461201 sits in Oakton eviction risk, VA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. Population here is 4,033. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 1% Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units1,402
Renter share1.1%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$250,001

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 8 tracts In Oakton
Very Low
Within county
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#227 of 274 tracts In Fairfax County
Very Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#1,505 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Low
National
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#59,654 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oakton and the region

Centroid at 38.8871, -77.3126 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oakton scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Oakton
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.1
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oakton
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oakton
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oakton
3.5

How Oakton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Oakton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.43.4This tracttract 461201Oakton: 4.04.0Oaktonparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.24.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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)

  • 5Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 9.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.3%Peak (2013)
  • 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 510594612012011: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2012: 1 filings (7.14/100 renter HHs)2013: 2 filings (14.29/100 renter HHs)2016: 2 filings (6.06/100 renter HHs)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Oakton

Food insecurity runs 4.1% against 17.8% nationally. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.2/10. Against the Fairfax County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 5 filings here across 3 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 2.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2013 at 14.3% of renter households.

In a typical year about 9.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 1% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.1/10. Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.8 points cooler.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 51059461201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51059461201?

Census tract 51059461201 in Oakton scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 51059461201?

0.8% of residents in tract 51059461201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,033.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 51059461201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 26th, minority 46th, housing 2th.
Q4

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51059461201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 51059461201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.16% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5

What share of households in tract 51059461201 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.0% 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. 2.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 51059461201 compare to Oakton overall?

Tract 51059461201 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Oakton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oakton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Oakton

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

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