Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Colonial Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Norfolk
Tract 51710002800 · Norfolk city, VA · pop 4,143 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
51710002800 is a census tract in the Colonial Place area of Norfolk, VA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units2,080
Renter share44.3%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$89,483
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norfolk and the region
Centroid at 36.8859, -76.2848 · click any tract to drill in
Why Colonial Place scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Norfolk
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,558 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Norfolk
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Norfolk
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Norfolk
5.0
How Colonial Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 43%Grade B
- 37%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 312Total filings over 2 yrs
- 18.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.2%Peak (2011)
- 102Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Colonial Place. 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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Colonial Place
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Cost burden runs 43% here against 50.4% across Norfolk City. Food insecurity runs 7.5% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 1.1 points below the Norfolk City average of 4.1.
Average gross rent is $1,558, 18% above the Norfolk average. SNAP participation runs 5.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 312 filings here across 2 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2011, when 23.2% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 18.3% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 51710002800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51710002800?
Census tract 51710002800 in the Colonial Place neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 51710002800?
Median gross rent is $1,558/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51710002800?
5.8% of residents in tract 51710002800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,143.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51710002800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 17th, minority 45th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 51710002800 considered part of Colonial Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51710002800 fall within Colonial Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51710002800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 312 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51710002800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.31% of renter households, peaking at 23.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51710002800 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51710002800 compare to Norfolk overall?
Tract 51710002800 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Norfolk at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Norfolk eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 51710002800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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