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Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Pulaski Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 51155210201 · Pulaski County, VA · pop 4,232 · 99% of tract blocks fall in Pulaski

With a score of 5.5/10, tract 51155210201 in Pulaski, VA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,232 residents. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Pulaski County average of 30.1%.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 21% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,794
Renter share47.9%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate27.5%
Median income$39,653

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Pulaski
Very High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#2 of 12 tracts In Pulaski County
Very High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#251 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
High
National
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#23,808 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pulaski and the region

Centroid at 37.0587, -80.7544 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pulaski scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Pulaski
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
27.5% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$703 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pulaski
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pulaski
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pulaski
7.3

How Pulaski compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pulaski risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 2102014.1Pulaskiparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings

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)

  • 170Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 11.25%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.5%Peak (2014)
  • 73Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pulaski

36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.5 points above the Pulaski County average of 4.0.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.3/10. Court records carry 170 eviction filings across 2 observed years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 11.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 11.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 51155210201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51155210201?

Census tract 51155210201 in Pulaski scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 51155210201?

Median gross rent is $703/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51155210201?

27.5% of residents in tract 51155210201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,232.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51155210201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 77th, minority 17th, housing 70th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51155210201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 170 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 51155210201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.25% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 51155210201 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.0% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 51155210201 compare to Pulaski overall?

Tract 51155210201 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Pulaski at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pulaski; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Pulaski

Top eight tracts in Pulaski ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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