Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Pulaski Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 51155210401 · Pulaski County, VA · pop 2,438 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Pulaski
Pulaski anchors census tract 51155210401, which lands at 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #31,157 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 23% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $844 a month while the average household earns $51,401 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,021
Renter share19.6%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate31.9%
Median income$51,401
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pulaski and the region
Centroid at 37.0133, -80.8179 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pulaski scores 5.5
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
31.9% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$844 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%Housing & transportation
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.
- 14.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.0%Food insecurity
- 19.9%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 40.7%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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 51155210401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51155210401?
Census tract 51155210401 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 51155210401?
Median gross rent is $844/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51155210401?
31.9% of residents in tract 51155210401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,438.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51155210401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 12th, minority 37th, housing 6th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 51155210401 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.2% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 51155210401 compare to Pulaski overall?
Tract 51155210401 scores 5.5/10, 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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