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Sunset Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Reston

Tract 51059482205 · Fairfax County, VA · pop 2,755 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 51059482205 belongs to the Sunset Hills neighborhood of Reston, Virginia. It is home to 2,755 residents and scores 5.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,394 monthly, set against $118,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 83% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

1.4

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 46% Owners 17%

Tract context

Occupied units1,682

Renter share83.0%

SVI overall0.10

Poverty rate4.0%

Median income$118,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Reston and the region

Centroid at 38.9538, -77.3446 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunset Hills scores 1.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Reston

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.1

State political climate

Virginia legislature & governorship

3.2

Economic stress

4.0% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,394 rent vs county FMR

5.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Reston

4.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Reston

8.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Reston

3.8

How Sunset Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

4%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
38%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sunset Hills. 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.

6.6%Housing insecurity
4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
6.3%Food insecurity
3.7%SNAP enrollment
4.5%Transit barriers
5.6%No health insurance
13.3%Frequent mental distress
16.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunset Hills

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Reston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Fairfax County average of 5.4 and in line with the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 51059482205

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51059482205?

Census tract 51059482205 in the Sunset Hills neighborhood scores 1.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 51059482205?

Median gross rent is $2,394/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 51059482205?

4.0% of residents in tract 51059482205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,755.

How socially vulnerable is tract 51059482205?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 6th, minority 62th, housing 38th.

Is tract 51059482205 considered part of Sunset Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51059482205 fall within Sunset Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 51059482205 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.6% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 51059482205 compare to Reston overall?

Tract 51059482205 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Reston at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Reston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Reston

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