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Neighborhood · Purcellville, VA

Locust Grove Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 5,495 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.7/10 · range 3.7–3.7

Locust Grove is a one-tract neighborhood of Purcellville, VA and houses 5,495 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.7/10, in the Lower tier. 11% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly below the Purcellville rate of 27.8%.

At $3,501 a month, rents sit 58% over what the rest of Purcellville commands. The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. The voucher gap is 51.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.

On the softer side is economic stress, at 1/10. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10.

SNAP participation is 3.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Court records for this tract carry 1 eviction filings. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 0.6% of renter households.

4.4% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Judgments average 0.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $203,558.

One tract means one number: 3.7/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Locust Grove vs Purcellville How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
10.8% -61%
Purcellville: 27.8%
Average gross rent
$3,501 +58%
Purcellville: $2,222
Average HH income
$203,558 +25%
Purcellville: $162,981
Poverty rate
0.9% -81%
Purcellville: 4.8%
Renter share
7.9% -23%
Purcellville: 10.2%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Locust Grove and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3.7–3.7

Why Locust Grove scores 3.7

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.2–3.2 across tracts
3.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts
6.3
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.6–6.6 across tracts
6.6
Rent control risk
11% of income on rent · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.9–2.9 across tracts
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
8% renter households · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts
5.7
Economic stress
0.9% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Risk score comparison

Locust Grove vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Locust Grove score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Locust Grove: 3.73.7Locust GroveNeighborhoodParent city: 4.04.0Parent cityhost cityState: 4.34.3Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Locust Grove

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
51107610701 3.7 5,495 11% $3,501
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 1

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 0%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 10%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 29%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 5%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Locust Grove

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1Total filings (sum)
  • 0.59%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.6%Peak year (2016)
  • 0.59%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Locust Grove

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Locust Grove

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Locust Grove?

Locust Grove scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Locust Grove compare to Purcellville overall?

Locust Grove scores 0.3 points lower than Purcellville overall (4/10). Renters spend 11% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $3,501 vs $2,222.
Q3

What is the average rent in Locust Grove?

Average gross rent in Locust Grove is $3,501/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Locust Grove residents are renters?

8% of Locust Grove households are renter-occupied (vs 10% in Purcellville). The neighborhood has 5,495 residents.
Q5

Is Locust Grove a high social-vulnerability area?

Locust Grove sits in the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Locust Grove for landlords?

Locust Grove carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.7/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Purcellville as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Locust Grove?

Locust Grove has 5,537 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (83.3%), Hispanic / Latino (5.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (4.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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