Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Beechmont Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newport News
Tract 51700032228 · Newport News city, VA · pop 2,947 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 51700032228 in the Beechmont area of Newport News, VA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,947 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,160
Renter share52.8%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate25.6%
Median income$63,654
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newport News and the region
Centroid at 37.1362, -76.5509 · click any tract to drill in
Why Beechmont scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Newport News
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
25.6% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,494 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newport News
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newport News
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newport News
4.5
How Beechmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Beechmont. 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.
- 18.7%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.2%Food insecurity
- 20.5%SNAP enrollment
- 11.9%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Beechmont
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Newport News City average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Average gross rent is $1,494, 12% above the Newport News average.
That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.1/10.
Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. 48% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $63,654.
53% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 51700032228
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51700032228?
Census tract 51700032228 in the Beechmont neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 51700032228?
Median gross rent is $1,494/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51700032228?
25.6% of residents in tract 51700032228 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,947.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51700032228?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 68th, minority 62th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 51700032228 considered part of Beechmont?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51700032228 fall within Beechmont (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 51700032228 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.7% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 51700032228 compare to Newport News overall?
Tract 51700032228 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Newport News at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newport News eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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