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Neighborhood · Richmond, VA

Montrose Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 2,524 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10 · range 5.7–5.7

Montrose Heights is a one-tract neighborhood of Richmond, VA, population 2,524. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.7/10, Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 60%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Cost burden runs 70% against 31.1% citywide, putting Montrose Heights 38.8% over its own city. The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The dominant input is economic stress at 8.3/10.

This is a renter market: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. SNAP participation is 30.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 24.6% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.

On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 972 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 62.4% of renter households.

Among the 54 mapped neighborhoods of Richmond, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 15.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

For a like-for-like read, Carver and Woodstock score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.5/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.7/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Montrose Heights vs Richmond How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
69.9% +125%
Richmond: 31.1%
Average gross rent
$0 -100%
Richmond: $1,372
Average HH income
$0 -100%
Richmond: $62,671
Poverty rate
33.2% +76%
Richmond: 18.8%
Renter share
67.4% +19%
Richmond: 56.5%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Montrose Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.7–5.7

Why Montrose Heights scores 5.7

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.2–3.2 across tracts
3.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 8.4–8.4 across tracts
8.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Rent control risk
70% of income on rent · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
67% renter households · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Economic stress
33.2% below poverty line · Range 8.3–8.3 across tracts
8.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Risk score comparison

Montrose Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Montrose Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.7Montrose HeightsNeighborhood4.3Parent cityhost city4.3Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Montrose Heights

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
51760021000 5.7 2,524 70% ,
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 83

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

Socioeconomic status 96%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 31%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 88%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 70%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Montrose Heights

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 972Total filings (sum)
  • 48.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 62.4%Peak year (2016)
  • 62.36%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Montrose Heights

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

Frequently asked

About Montrose Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Montrose Heights?

Montrose Heights scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 Montrose Heights compare to Richmond overall?

Montrose Heights scores 1.4 points higher than Richmond overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 70% of income on rent vs 31% citywide.
Q3

What percentage of Montrose Heights residents are renters?

67% of Montrose Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Richmond). The neighborhood has 2,524 residents.
Q4

Is Montrose Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Montrose Heights sits in the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q5

How safe is Montrose Heights for landlords?

Montrose Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). 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 Richmond as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q6

What is the demographic breakdown of Montrose Heights?

Montrose Heights has 2,305 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (83.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (14.5%), Hispanic / Latino (1.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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