1 census tracts · pop 6,607 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.8/10
· range 3.8–3.8
Worthington Farms maps to a single census tract in Richmond, VA, population 6,607. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.8/10, in the Lower tier. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10.
Running cool is economic stress, at 2.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 1,858 evictions logged in this tract.
10% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 21.6% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. 27% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, under the Richmond rate of 31.1%.
The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 63.8% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 43.5% in 2016 against a 63.8% peak. That places it #35 of 54 neighborhoods in Richmond.
For a like-for-like read, Blackwell and Chesterfield Court score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.3/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,390, close to the Richmond average.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $63,158. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 3.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Worthington Farms vs RichmondHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority91%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport66%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Worthington Farms
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,858Total filings (sum)
46.04%Avg annual filing rate
63.8%Peak year (2014)
43.45%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Worthington Farms
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
21.6%Housing insecurity
12.9%Utility shutoff threat
25.0%Food insecurity
20.8%SNAP enrollment
16.8%No health insurance
36.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Worthington Farms
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Worthington Farms?
Worthington Farms scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 Worthington Farms compare to Richmond overall?
Worthington Farms scores 0.5 points lower than Richmond overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 27% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,390 vs $1,372.
Q3
What is the average rent in Worthington Farms?
Average gross rent in Worthington Farms is $1,390/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Worthington Farms residents are renters?
31% of Worthington Farms households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Richmond). The neighborhood has 6,607 residents.
Q5
Is Worthington Farms a high social-vulnerability area?
Worthington Farms sits in the 93rd 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.
Q6
How safe is Worthington Farms for landlords?
Worthington Farms carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.8/10). 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 lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Worthington Farms?
Worthington Farms has 7,446 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (52.2%), Hispanic / Latino (40.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (6.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
