Oakhurst Eviction Risk: Moderate , Petersburg
Tract 51730811200 · Petersburg city, VA · pop 3,865 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 51730811200 covers part of the Oakhurst area of Petersburg, VA, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.9/10.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Petersburg and the region
Centroid at 37.2009, -77.3551 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakhurst scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Oakhurst compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%Housing & transportation
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)
- 2,579Total filings over 7 yrs
- 38.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 46.6%Peak (2016)
- 445Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 19.8%Housing insecurity
- 13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.3%Food insecurity
- 22.6%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 37.4%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Oakhurst
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.7/10. 63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Petersburg City average of 48.7%.
27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.9/10.
Court records carry 2,579 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Against the Petersburg City average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
SNAP participation runs 22.6% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when 46.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 38.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10. Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,228, close to the Petersburg average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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