Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Martinsville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 51690000400 · Martinsville city, VA · pop 2,546
Martinsville is where census tract 51690000400 sits, home to 2,546 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.2/10. It lands near the 79th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 28% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $831 monthly, set against $43,561 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,046
Renter share37.5%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate25.1%
Median income$43,561
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Martinsville and the region
Centroid at 36.6753, -79.8756 · click any tract to drill in
Why Martinsville scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Martinsville
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
25.1% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$831 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Martinsville
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Martinsville
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Martinsville
6.5
How Martinsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%Housing & transportation
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.
- 22.6%Housing insecurity
- 16.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.8%Food insecurity
- 29.4%SNAP enrollment
- 15.1%Transit barriers
- 15.2%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 42.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Martinsville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Martinsville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Martinsville City County average of 6.4 and above the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 76th 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 22.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 51690000400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51690000400?
Census tract 51690000400 in Martinsville scores 5.4/10 (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 51690000400?
Median gross rent is $831/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51690000400?
25.1% of residents in tract 51690000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,546.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51690000400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 99th, minority 73th, housing 18th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 51690000400 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.6% 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. 16.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 51690000400 compare to Martinsville overall?
Tract 51690000400 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Martinsville at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Martinsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Martinsville
Top eight tracts in Martinsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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