2 census tracts · pop 3,702 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7/10
· range 6.8–7.2
Heights is a 2-tract neighborhood of Petersburg, VA, population 3,702. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7/10, Elevated tier. Against a Petersburg baseline of 30.7%, 48% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
SNAP participation is 50.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Food insecurity affects 44.5% of adults, 26.7 points above the national rate. The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1/10. At $811 a month, rents sit 31% under what the rest of Petersburg commands. This is a renter market: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
The poverty rate is 30%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 1,487 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Sitting well above the midpoint is economic stress at 7.4/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2013 at 29.0% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 17.1% in 2016, is well off that peak.
That places it #3 of 10 neighborhoods in Petersburg. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Heights vs PetersburgHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority94%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport78%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Heights
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,487Total filings (sum)
18.54%Avg annual filing rate
29.0%Peak year (2013)
16.70%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
31.1%Housing insecurity
25.8%Utility shutoff threat
44.4%Food insecurity
50.1%SNAP enrollment
15.1%No health insurance
51.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Heights?
Heights scores 7/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Heights compare to Petersburg overall?
Heights scores 1.1 points higher than Petersburg overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $811 vs $1,174.
Q3
What is the average rent in Heights?
Average gross rent in Heights is $811/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Heights residents are renters?
75% of Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 61% in Petersburg). The neighborhood has 3,702 residents.
Q5
Is Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Heights sits in the 96th 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
Which tracts in Heights have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Heights is census tract 51730810600 (score 7.2/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.8 to 7.2, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Heights for landlords?
Heights carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Petersburg as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Heights?
Heights has 3,364 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (87%), Other / Multiracial (5%), Hispanic / Latino (4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
Sibling neighborhoods
Other neighborhoods inside Petersburg
Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Heights.
