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Sun Valley Eviction Risk: Lower , Wolf Trap

Tract 51059460200 · Fairfax County, VA · pop 4,003 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 51059460200 covers Sun Valley in Wolf Trap in Virginia. Home to 4,003 residents, it scores $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 72% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $3,479 a month against an average household income of $250,001 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 3% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 1% Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,372
Renter share3.4%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$250,001

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Sun Valley
Very High
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Wolf Trap
Very Low
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#202 of 274 tracts In Fairfax County
Low
Within state
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#1,987 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wolf Trap and the region

Centroid at 38.9274, -77.2889 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sun Valley scores 1.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wolf Trap
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.1
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,479 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wolf Trap
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wolf Trap
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wolf Trap
5.3

How Sun Valley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sun Valley risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.11.1This tracttract 460200Wolf Trap: 3.43.4Wolf Trapparent cityCounty: 1.51.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.03.0Stateavg 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
  • 2.84%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.9%Peak (2012)
  • 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 510594602002011: 1 filings (1.45/100 renter HHs)2012: 2 filings (2.90/100 renter HHs)2013: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2016: 2 filings (4.17/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sun Valley. 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 Sun Valley

What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wolf Trap, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

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

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 5 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 2.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.9% of renter households in 2012.

In CDC survey modeling, about 4.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 51059460200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51059460200?

Census tract 51059460200 in the Sun Valley neighborhood scores 1.1/10 (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 average rent in tract 51059460200?

Median gross rent is $3,479/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51059460200?

2.8% of residents in tract 51059460200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,003.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51059460200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 22th, minority 39th, housing 0th.
Q5

Is tract 51059460200 considered part of Sun Valley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51059460200 fall within Sun Valley (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51059460200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 51059460200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.84% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51059460200 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.1% 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. 2.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51059460200 compare to Wolf Trap overall?

Tract 51059460200 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Wolf Trap at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wolf Trap; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wolf Trap

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

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