Oak Grove Eviction Risk: Moderate
2 census tracts · pop 8,199 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10 · range 4.5–5.7
Oak Grove takes in 2 census tracts of Richmond, VA and houses 8,199 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.3/10, Moderate tier. Cost burden runs about half against 31.1% citywide, putting Oak Grove 20.5% over its own city.
Severe burden reaches 31%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The poverty rate is 35%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 31.6% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.6/10. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. On the high side is economic stress at 8.1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,067, 22% below the Richmond average of $1,372. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.5 to 5.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Disability prevalence reaches 46.1% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.
Filings are well documented here: 4,320 across 2 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.2 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
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Risk heat across Oak Grove and the region
Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 4.5–5.7
Why Oak Grove scores 5.3
9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendlyOak Grove vs. parent city, state, U.S.
Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).
2 tracts in Oak Grove
Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.
| Tract↕ | Score↕ | Pop↕ | % over 30% on rent↕ | Average rent↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51760060700 | 5.7 | 5,636 | 52% | $944 |
| 51760060200 | 4.5 | 2,563 | 51% | $1,338 |
CDC SVI percentile: 95
Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.
Court-record eviction history in Oak Grove
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 4,320Total filings (sum)
- 57.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 67.0%Peak year (2014)
- 43.13%Latest filed (2016)
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Oak Grove
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
- 33.5%Housing insecurity
- 25.7%Utility shutoff threat
- 43.9%Food insecurity
- 47.9%SNAP enrollment
- 16.7%No health insurance
- 47.4%Any disability
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