3 census tracts · pop 13,816 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.6/10
· range 3.4–3.7
Fairfax Park is a 3-tract neighborhood of West Springfield, VA and houses 13,816 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.6/10, placing it in the Lower tier. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.3/10.
Severe burden reaches 20%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The voucher gap is 22.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. around a third of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, higher than the West Springfield rate of 28.2%.
On the high side is supply constraint at 7.3/10. Court records carry 156 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. Average gross rent is $2,840, 16% above the West Springfield average of $2,455.
SNAP participation is 5.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.9/10.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 10.7% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 9.1% of adults, 8.7 points below the national rate.
Judgments average 1.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 19% 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.
With little internal variation, 3.6/10 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
3.6
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Fairfax Park vs West SpringfieldHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority72%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport19%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fairfax Park
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
156Total filings (sum)
3.71%Avg annual filing rate
10.7%Peak year (2016)
5.41%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fairfax Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.0%Housing insecurity
4.8%Utility shutoff threat
9.1%Food insecurity
5.9%SNAP enrollment
6.8%No health insurance
22.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fairfax Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fairfax Park?
Fairfax Park scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 Fairfax Park compare to West Springfield overall?
Fairfax Park scores 0.4 points lower than West Springfield overall (4/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $2,840 vs $2,455.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fairfax Park?
Average gross rent in Fairfax eviction risk Park is $2,840/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fairfax Park residents are renters?
19% of Fairfax Park households are renter-occupied (vs 15% in West Springfield). The neighborhood has 13,816 residents.
Q5
Is Fairfax Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Fairfax Park sits in the 31st 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 Fairfax Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fairfax Park is census tract 51059430901 (score 3.7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.4 to 3.7, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Fairfax Park for landlords?
Fairfax eviction risk Park carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.6/10). 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 West Springfield as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fairfax Park?
Fairfax Park has 13,314 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (43.9%), Hispanic / Latino (21.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (19%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
