Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Avondale Eviction Risk: Lower , Mechanicsville
Tract 51085320901 ·
Hanover County, VA · pop 6,385 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 51085320901 covers part of the Avondale area of Mechanicsville, VA, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,385 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%Stable renters 8%Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,247
Renter share14.1%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$120,425
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Avondale
Moderate
Within parent city
13th percentile
#8 of 9 tracts In Mechanicsville
Very Low
Within county
38th percentile
#16 of 25 tracts In Hanover County
Low
Within state
31th percentile
#1,505 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mechanicsville and the region
Centroid at 37.6589, -77.3571 · click any tract to drill in
Why Avondale scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mechanicsville
8.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,964 rent vs county FMR
6.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mechanicsville
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mechanicsville
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mechanicsville
5.4
How Avondale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
9%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
17%Racial/ethnic minority
20%Housing & transportation
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.
6.9%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
7.5%Food insecurity
5.5%SNAP enrollment
4.7%Transit barriers
5.7%No health insurance
14.1%Frequent mental distress
26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Avondale
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.6/10. 44% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Hanover County average of 36.2%.
14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Food insecurity runs 7.5% against 17.8% nationally. The voucher gap is 14.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Average gross rent is $1,964, 14% above the Mechanicsville average. Housing insecurity runs 6.9% against 14.2% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 1.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 51085320901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51085320901?
Census tract 51085320901 in the Avondale neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 51085320901?
Median gross rent is $1,964/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51085320901?
2.0% of residents in tract 51085320901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,385.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51085320901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 17th, minority 17th, housing 20th.
Q5
Is tract 51085320901 considered part of Avondale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51085320901 fall within Avondale (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 51085320901 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 51085320901 compare to Mechanicsville overall?
Tract 51085320901 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Mechanicsville at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mechanicsville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mechanicsville
Top eight tracts in Mechanicsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.