Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Pulaski Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 51155210201 · Pulaski County, VA · pop 4,232 · 99% of tract blocks fall in Pulaski
Census tract 51155210201 runs through Pulaski in Pulaski County. With 4,232 residents, it scores 6.3/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
57% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $703 a month against an average household income of $39,653 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.7
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 county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pulaski and the region
Centroid at 37.0587, -80.7544 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pulaski scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%Housing & transportation
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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.6%Food insecurity
- 19.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 40.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pulaski
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Pulaski, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Pulaski County average of 5.2 and above the Virginia statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 170 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 11.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.5% of renter households in 2014.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 51155210201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51155210201?
Census tract 51155210201 in Pulaski scores 5.7/10 (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 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Pulaski at 3.5/10. 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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