2 census tracts · pop 7,478 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10
· range 3.8–4.6
Halley Rise spans 2 census tracts of Reston, VA and houses 7,478 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.4/10, in the Moderate tier. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.2/10.
Against a Reston baseline of 25.1%, 16% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10.
Filings are well documented here: 253 across 2 observed tracts. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.9/10. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 10.6% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 8.8% in 2016 against a 10.6% peak. At $2,077 a month, rents sit 7% under what the rest of Reston commands.
Among the 8 mapped neighborhoods of Reston, it ranks #3 by risk, the middle third. For a like-for-like read, Lake Anne Village and Sunset Hills score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
Poverty sits at 4%, 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. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Halley Rise vs RestonHow 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 & transport31%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Halley Rise
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
253Total filings (sum)
8.41%Avg annual filing rate
10.6%Peak year (2011)
7.67%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Halley Rise
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
12.0%Housing insecurity
7.2%Utility shutoff threat
14.6%Food insecurity
10.4%SNAP enrollment
11.2%No health insurance
26.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Halley Rise
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Halley Rise?
Halley Rise scores 4.4/10 (Moderate 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 Halley Rise compare to Reston overall?
Halley Rise scores 0.1 points higher than Reston overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 16% of income on rent vs 25% citywide. Average rent: $2,077 vs $2,231.
Q3
What is the average rent in Halley Rise?
Average gross rent in Halley Rise is $2,077/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Halley Rise residents are renters?
31% of Halley Rise households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in Reston). The neighborhood has 7,478 residents.
Q5
Is Halley Rise a high social-vulnerability area?
Halley Rise sits in the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Halley Rise have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Halley Rise is census tract 51059481202 (score 4.6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.8 to 4.6, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Halley Rise for landlords?
Halley Rise carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). 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 Reston as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Halley Rise?
Halley Rise has 7,504 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (37.8%), Hispanic / Latino (29.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (13.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
