1 census tracts · pop 6,257 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.4/10
· range 3.4–3.4
Cardinal Crest is a one-tract neighborhood of Montclair, VA, population 6,257. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.4/10, in the Lower tier. The severe-burden share is 28%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.6/10. Rent consumes at least 30% of income for 29% of renter households. Court records for this tract carry 10 eviction filings.
Running cool is tenant-organizing strength, at 2.9/10. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 4.4% of renter households. Judgments average 3.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
At 8% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. The closest comparables inside the same city are Southlake and Four Seasons.
Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent runs $2,327, close to the Montclair average.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $137,656.
One tract means one number: 3.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Cardinal Crest vs MontclairHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport4%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cardinal Crest
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
10Total filings (sum)
4.42%Avg annual filing rate
4.4%Peak year (2016)
4.42%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cardinal Crest
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.6%Housing insecurity
7.0%Utility shutoff threat
12.7%Food insecurity
9.1%SNAP enrollment
8.6%No health insurance
26.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Cardinal Crest
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cardinal Crest?
Cardinal Crest scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 Cardinal Crest compare to Montclair overall?
Cardinal Crest scores 0.5 points lower than Montclair overall (3.9/10). Renters spend 29% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $2,327 vs $2,366.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cardinal Crest?
Average gross rent in Cardinal Crest is $2,327/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cardinal Crest residents are renters?
8% of Cardinal Crest households are renter-occupied (vs 11% in Montclair). The neighborhood has 6,257 residents.
Q5
Is Cardinal Crest a high social-vulnerability area?
Cardinal Crest sits in the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Cardinal Crest for landlords?
Cardinal Crest carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.4/10). 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 Montclair as a whole (3.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Cardinal Crest?
Cardinal Crest has 6,534 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (30.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (30.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (17.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
