Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Salters Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hampton
Tract 51650012000 · Hampton city, VA · pop 2,878 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
51650012000 is a census tract in the Salters Creek area of Hampton, VA. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,878 residents. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,255
Renter share42.4%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate17.2%
Median income$50,525
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hampton and the region
Centroid at 37.0005, -76.3879 · click any tract to drill in
Why Salters Creek scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hampton
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.1
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
17.2% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,202 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hampton
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hampton
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hampton
4.5
How Salters Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 5%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 39%Grade C
- 4%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 833Total filings over 6 yrs
- 29.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 32.3%Peak (2014)
- 126Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
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.
- 24.5%Housing insecurity
- 18.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.9%Food insecurity
- 32.6%SNAP enrollment
- 16.6%Transit barriers
- 12.4%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 44.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Salters Creek
Cost burden runs 82% here against 50.4% across Hampton City. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 32.6% against 15.2% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. Housing insecurity runs 24.5% against 14.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,202, 16% below the Hampton average. Court records carry 833 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.1/10.
Against the Hampton City average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2014, when 32.3% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 29.1% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 51650012000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51650012000?
Census tract 51650012000 in the Salters Creek neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 51650012000?
Median gross rent is $1,202/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51650012000?
17.2% of residents in tract 51650012000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,878.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51650012000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 35th, minority 82th, housing 17th.
Q5
Is tract 51650012000 considered part of Salters Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51650012000 fall within Salters Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51650012000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 833 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51650012000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.10% of renter households, peaking at 32.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51650012000 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.5% 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. 18.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51650012000 compare to Hampton overall?
Tract 51650012000 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Hampton at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hampton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 51650012000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 4% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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