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Eviction Risk in Windmill Shores , Portsmouth

1 census tracts · pop 5,394 · pop-weighted composite 6.6/10 · range 6.6–6.6

Windmill Shores is a white-black neighborhood in Portsmouth with 1 census tract and a population of 5,394 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 6.6/10 (Elevated tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 44% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 0% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $1,855/month sits 43% higher than the Portsmouth citywide median ($1,300).

Eviction Risk
6.6
Elevated tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
44%
0% severely burdened
Median rent
$1,855
Median household income
$92,442
3.7% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

Windmill Shores vs. parent city, state, and U.S.

Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).

Windmill Shores score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Windmill Shores: 6.66.6Windmill ShoresNeighborhoodParent city: 7.27.2Parent cityhost cityState: 5.35.3Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
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Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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Comparison

Windmill Shores vs Portsmouth

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
6.6 -8%
Portsmouth: 7.2
Rent burden
43.9% +24%
Portsmouth: 35.4%
Median gross rent
$1,855 +43%
Portsmouth: $1,300
Median HH income
$92,442 +57%
Portsmouth: $58,972
Poverty rate
3.7% -79%
Portsmouth: 17.6%
Renter share
15.6% -63%
Portsmouth: 42.1%
Where

Tract centroids in Windmill Shores

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

White-Black Neighborhood — 5,321 residents across all tracts in Windmill Shores. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 1.4% White (non-Hispanic): 54.3% Black (non-Hispanic): 33.3% Asian (non-Hispanic): 4.8% Other / Multiracial: 6.3%
  • Hispanic / Latino 1.4%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 54.3%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 33.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 4.8%
  • Other / Multiracial 6.3%
Census tracts

1 tracts in Windmill Shores

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
51740213001 6.6 5,394 44% $1,855
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 35

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 37%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 49%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 59%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 24%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Windmill Shores

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 270Total filings (sum)
  • 35.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 28.2%Peak year (2011)
  • 57.79%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Windmill Shores

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Windmill Shores

What is the eviction-risk score for Windmill Shores?

Windmill Shores scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.

How does Windmill Shores compare to Portsmouth overall?

Windmill Shores scores 0.6 points lower than Portsmouth overall (7.2/10). Rent burden: 44% vs 35% citywide. Median rent: $1,855 vs $1,300.

What is the median rent in Windmill Shores?

Median gross rent in Windmill Shores is $1,855/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Windmill Shores residents are renters?

16% of Windmill Shores households are renter-occupied (vs 42% in Portsmouth). The neighborhood has 5,394 residents.

Is Windmill Shores a high social-vulnerability area?

Windmill Shores sits in the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.