1 census tracts · pop 4,703 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.4–5.4
Eastwood maps to a single census tract in Newport News, VA, population 4,703. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, Moderate tier. Severe burden reaches 40%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Against a Newport News baseline of 30.6%, 62% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. This is a renter market: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
The poverty rate is 33%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the high side is economic stress at 8.3/10.
SNAP participation is 30.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 24.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.4/10.
The filing record is not thin: 4,568 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 84.1% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 44.9% in 2016, is well off that peak. That places it #1 of 30 neighborhoods in Newport News.
For a like-for-like read, Ivy Park and Christophers Shores score within a fraction of it.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.4/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Eastwood vs Newport NewsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority85%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport86%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Eastwood
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
4,568Total filings (sum)
70.83%Avg annual filing rate
84.1%Peak year (2012)
44.91%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Eastwood
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
24.1%Housing insecurity
18.1%Utility shutoff threat
30.4%Food insecurity
30.4%SNAP enrollment
12.9%No health insurance
37.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Eastwood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Eastwood?
Eastwood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 Eastwood compare to Newport News overall?
Eastwood scores 1.4 points higher than Newport News overall (4/10). Renters spend 62% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,259 vs $1,339.
Q3
What is the average rent in Eastwood?
Average gross rent in Eastwood is $1,259/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Eastwood residents are renters?
84% of Eastwood households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Newport News). The neighborhood has 4,703 residents.
Q5
Is Eastwood a high social-vulnerability area?
Eastwood sits in the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Eastwood for landlords?
Eastwood carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Eastwood?
Eastwood has 4,715 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (55.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (18.9%), Hispanic / Latino (18.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
