Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Sandston Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 51087201502 · Henrico County, VA · pop 5,454 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Sandston
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 51087201502 (Sandston, Virginia) comes in at 6.3/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 82% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,823 monthly, set against $123,233 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units2,127
Renter share5.3%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$123,233
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sandston and the region
Centroid at 37.4623, -77.3318 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sandston scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sandston
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,823 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sandston
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sandston
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sandston
6.2
How Sandston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%Housing & transportation
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)
- 53Total filings over 2 yrs
- 11.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2016)
- 30Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.3%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sandston
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Sandston, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Henrico County average of 6.1 and above the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 12th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 51087201502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51087201502?
Census tract 51087201502 in Sandston scores 2/10 (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 51087201502?
Median gross rent is $1,823/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51087201502?
2.8% of residents in tract 51087201502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,454.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51087201502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 8th, minority 73th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51087201502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 53 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51087201502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.54% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 51087201502 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 51087201502 compare to Sandston overall?
Tract 51087201502 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Sandston at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sandston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sandston
Top eight tracts in Sandston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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