1 census tracts · pop 3,530 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Carriage Hill is a one-tract neighborhood of Newport News, VA, population 3,530. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. Cost burden runs 57% against 30.6% citywide, putting Carriage Hill 26.1% over its own city.
The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.2/10. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,605, 20% above the Newport News average of $1,339.
The filing record is not thin: 258 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 17.1% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 14.3% in 2016 against a 17.1% peak.
Among the 30 mapped neighborhoods of Newport News, it ranks #22 by risk, the lower third. Only 25% 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. The closest comparables inside the same city are Edgewood and Beverly Hills.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $77,270.
One tract means one number: 3/10 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
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Carriage Hill vs Newport NewsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority72%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport35%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Carriage Hill
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
258Total filings (sum)
15.88%Avg annual filing rate
17.1%Peak year (2012)
14.29%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Carriage Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.5%Housing insecurity
7.3%Utility shutoff threat
13.0%Food insecurity
10.1%SNAP enrollment
8.6%No health insurance
29.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Carriage Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Carriage Hill?
Carriage Hill scores 3/10 (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 Carriage Hill compare to Newport News overall?
Carriage Hill scores 1.0 points lower than Newport News overall (4/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,605 vs $1,339.
Q3
What is the average rent in Carriage Hill?
Average gross rent in Carriage Hill is $1,605/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Carriage Hill residents are renters?
25% of Carriage Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Newport News). The neighborhood has 3,530 residents.
Q5
Is Carriage Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Carriage Hill 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
How safe is Carriage Hill for landlords?
Carriage Hill carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 Newport News as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Carriage Hill?
Carriage Hill has 3,740 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (47%), Black (non-Hispanic) (28.6%), Hispanic / Latino (10.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
