1 census tracts · pop 657 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Bel-Aire is a one-tract neighborhood of Norfolk, VA and houses 657 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. At $2,120 a month, rents sit 60% over what the rest of Norfolk commands.
Cost burden runs 45% against 32.3% citywide, putting Bel-Aire 12.7% over its own city. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10.
The voucher gap is 25.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10.
The severe-burden share is 12%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records for this tract carry 60 eviction filings. Running hot is supply constraint at 7.5/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 29.2% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 31.0% in 2016 against a 29.2% peak. That places it #44 of 55 neighborhoods in Norfolk.
Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
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
Bel-Aire vs NorfolkHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority43%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport3%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bel-Aire
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
60Total filings (sum)
30.10%Avg annual filing rate
29.2%Peak year (2011)
31.03%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bel-Aire
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.9%Housing insecurity
7.3%Utility shutoff threat
11.6%Food insecurity
9.7%SNAP enrollment
8.2%No health insurance
27.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bel-Aire
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bel-Aire?
Bel-Aire 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 Bel-Aire compare to Norfolk overall?
Bel-Aire scores 1.1 points lower than Norfolk overall (4.1/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $2,120 vs $1,321.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bel-Aire?
Average gross rent in Bel-Aire is $2,120/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bel-Aire residents are renters?
54% of Bel-Aire households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Norfolk). The neighborhood has 657 residents.
Q5
Is Bel-Aire a high social-vulnerability area?
Bel-Aire sits in the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Bel-Aire for landlords?
Bel-Aire 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 Norfolk as a whole (4.1/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Bel-Aire?
Bel-Aire has 966 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (68.2%), Hispanic / Latino (14.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
