Ridge Area Eviction Risk: Moderate , Harrisonburg
Tract 51660000302 · Harrisonburg city, VA · pop 5,631 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Here is how census tract 51660000302, in the Ridge Area neighborhood of Harrisonburg eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.1/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 5,631. It lands near the 40th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $952 monthly, set against $57,606 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 66% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Harrisonburg and the region
Centroid at 38.4258, -78.8931 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridge Area scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Ridge Area compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%Housing & transportation
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ridge Area. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 16.4%Housing insecurity
- 10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.8%Food insecurity
- 18.9%SNAP enrollment
- 12.7%Transit barriers
- 14.5%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.0%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Ridge Area
The heaviest input here is economic stress 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 Harrisonburg eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harrisonburg City County average of 5.0 and in line with the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 51660000302
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Highest-risk tracts in Harrisonburg
Top eight tracts in Harrisonburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.