2 census tracts · pop 7,924 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10
· range 3–5.1
Bayberry spans 2 census tracts of Newport News, VA and houses 7,924 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Newport News baseline of 30.6%, 51% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Severe burden reaches 26%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 5.1, a 2.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.6/10. Court records carry 3,517 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 65.0% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 37.1% in 2016, is well off that peak. That places it #15 of 30 neighborhoods in Newport News.
For a like-for-like read, Village Green and Warwick Lawns score within a fraction of it. Average gross rent runs $1,288, close to the Newport News average.
Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $63,019. 64% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Bayberry vs Newport NewsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority64%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport46%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bayberry
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
3,517Total filings (sum)
35.21%Avg annual filing rate
65.0%Peak year (2015)
37.15%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bayberry
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.4%Housing insecurity
9.0%Utility shutoff threat
16.2%Food insecurity
14.0%SNAP enrollment
9.5%No health insurance
33.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bayberry
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bayberry?
Bayberry scores 4/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Bayberry compare to Newport News overall?
Bayberry scores 0.0 points higher than Newport News overall (4/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,288 vs $1,339.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bayberry?
Average gross rent in Bayberry is $1,288/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bayberry residents are renters?
64% of Bayberry households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Newport News). The neighborhood has 7,924 residents.
Q5
Is Bayberry a high social-vulnerability area?
Bayberry sits in the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Bayberry have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Bayberry is census tract 51700032117 (score 5.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.1, a spread of 2.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Bayberry for landlords?
Bayberry carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Newport News as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Bayberry?
Bayberry has 7,840 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (53.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (34.1%), Other / Multiracial (7.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
