Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Battersea Eviction Risk: Moderate , Petersburg
Tract 51730810400 · Petersburg city, VA · pop 2,073 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
51730810400 is a census tract in the Battersea area of Petersburg, VA. It scores 5.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,073 residents. Against Petersburg City at 48.7%, 29% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 65%
Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units866
Renter share92.4%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate20.9%
Median income$60,543
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Petersburg and the region
Centroid at 37.2228, -77.4202 · click any tract to drill in
Why Battersea scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Petersburg
8.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.8
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
20.9% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,046 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Petersburg
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Petersburg
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Petersburg
7.3
How Battersea compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,198Total filings over 7 yrs
- 38.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 50.7%Peak (2016)
- 291Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 264% over the past 7 months.
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.
- 25.8%Housing insecurity
- 18.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.0%Food insecurity
- 32.5%SNAP enrollment
- 17.4%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 41.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Battersea
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.9/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.7/10.
This is renter territory: 92% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.9/10.
Food insecurity runs 33.0% against 17.8% nationally. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Housing insecurity runs 25.8% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 1,198 evictions over 7 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,046, 11% below the Petersburg average. Filings peaked in 2016 at 50.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 38.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 51730810400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51730810400?
Census tract 51730810400 in the Battersea neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (Moderate 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 51730810400?
Median gross rent is $1,046/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51730810400?
20.9% of residents in tract 51730810400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,073.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51730810400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 30th, minority 86th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 51730810400 considered part of Battersea?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51730810400 fall within Battersea (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51730810400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,198 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 51730810400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 38.13% of renter households, peaking at 50.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 51730810400 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.8% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 51730810400 compare to Petersburg overall?
Tract 51730810400 scores 5.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Petersburg at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Petersburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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