Westview Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , West Springfield

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 9.1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. At $3,271 a month, rents run 33% over what the rest of West Springfield commands.

Cost burden runs about half here against 41.0% across Fairfax County. SNAP participation runs 4.2% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.4/10.

Against the Fairfax County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. The filing record is not thin: 19 evictions over 4 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Filings peaked in 2011 at 2.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.