1 census tracts · pop 4,385 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.4–5.4
Tuckers Creek maps to a single census tract in Newport News, VA and houses 4,385 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.4/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 47% against 30.6% citywide, putting Tuckers Creek 16.6% over its own city.
The dominant input is economic stress at 9.6/10. 25.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Food insecurity affects 42.2% of adults, 24.4 points above the national rate. The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Severe burden reaches 25%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
This is a renter market: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,098, 18% below the Newport News average of $1,339. Court records for this tract carry 2,376 eviction filings. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 70.1% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 53.7% in 2016 against a 70.1% peak. That places it #1 of 30 neighborhoods in Newport News.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.4/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Tuckers Creek vs Newport NewsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority97%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport77%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Tuckers Creek
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,376Total filings (sum)
58.65%Avg annual filing rate
70.1%Peak year (2015)
53.74%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Tuckers Creek
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
31.9%Housing insecurity
25.3%Utility shutoff threat
42.2%Food insecurity
45.8%SNAP enrollment
14.4%No health insurance
45.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Tuckers Creek
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Tuckers Creek?
Tuckers Creek 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 Tuckers Creek compare to Newport News overall?
Tuckers Creek scores 1.4 points higher than Newport News overall (4/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,098 vs $1,339.
Q3
What is the average rent in Tuckers Creek?
Average gross rent in Tuckers Creek is $1,098/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Tuckers Creek residents are renters?
71% of Tuckers Creek households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Newport News). The neighborhood has 4,385 residents.
Q5
Is Tuckers Creek a high social-vulnerability area?
Tuckers Creek sits in the 89th 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 Tuckers Creek for landlords?
Tuckers Creek 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 Tuckers Creek?
Tuckers Creek has 4,467 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (86.1%), Other / Multiracial (6.7%), Hispanic / Latino (4.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
