1 census tracts · pop 3,265 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 4.5–4.5
Westchester maps to a single census tract in Petersburg, VA, population 3,265. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.5/10, Moderate tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Against a Petersburg baseline of 30.7%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. 22% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool is economic stress, at 1.9/10. Average gross rent is $1,383, 18% above the Petersburg average of $1,174. The filing record is not thin: 1,944 evictions logged in this tract.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.3/10. The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 64.3% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 25.4% in 2016, is well off that peak. Among the 10 mapped neighborhoods of Petersburg, it ranks #10 by risk, the lower third.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Camelot and Westbourne. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $82,217.
One tract means one number: 4.5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Westchester vs PetersburgHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport54%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Westchester
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,944Total filings (sum)
49.25%Avg annual filing rate
64.3%Peak year (2010)
25.40%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Westchester
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
18.6%Housing insecurity
12.7%Utility shutoff threat
23.0%Food insecurity
21.2%SNAP enrollment
10.3%No health insurance
38.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Westchester
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Westchester?
Westchester scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 Westchester compare to Petersburg overall?
Westchester scores 1.4 points lower than Petersburg overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,383 vs $1,174.
Q3
What is the average rent in Westchester?
Average gross rent in Westchester is $1,383/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Westchester residents are renters?
32% of Westchester households are renter-occupied (vs 61% in Petersburg). The neighborhood has 3,265 residents.
Q5
Is Westchester a high social-vulnerability area?
Westchester sits in the 91st 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
How safe is Westchester for landlords?
Westchester carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). 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 Petersburg as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Westchester?
Westchester has 3,140 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (76.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (12.2%), Hispanic / Latino (9.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
