Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Barranger Eviction Risk: Lower , Roanoke
Tract 51770002100 ·
Roanoke city, VA · pop 3,470 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 51770002100 sits in the Barranger area of Roanoke eviction risk, VA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 3,470. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%Stable renters 16%Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,864
Renter share25.2%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$80,268
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Barranger
Moderate
Within parent city
0th percentile
#25 of 25 tracts In Roanoke
Very Low
Within county
13th percentile
#22 of 25 tracts In Roanoke city
Very Low
Within state
18th percentile
#1,798 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Roanoke and the region
Centroid at 37.2566, -80.0155 · click any tract to drill in
Why Barranger scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Roanoke
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,048 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Roanoke
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Roanoke
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Roanoke
4.5
How Barranger compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
11%Socioeconomic
33%Household composition
9%Racial/ethnic minority
58%Housing & transportation
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.
5.1%Housing insecurity
3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
6.2%Food insecurity
4.7%SNAP enrollment
4.0%Transit barriers
5.4%No health insurance
11.9%Frequent mental distress
31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Barranger
Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.3/10.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Cost burden runs 35% here against 42.8% across Roanoke City.
Food insecurity runs 6.2% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Roanoke City average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points.
SNAP participation runs 4.7% against 15.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $80,268, annual rent is just 16%. Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent is $1,048, close to the Roanoke average. 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 51770002100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51770002100?
Census tract 51770002100 in the Barranger neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 51770002100?
Median gross rent is $1,048/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51770002100?
5.0% of residents in tract 51770002100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,470.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51770002100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 33th, minority 9th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 51770002100 considered part of Barranger?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51770002100 fall within Barranger (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 51770002100 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.1% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 51770002100 compare to Roanoke overall?
Tract 51770002100 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Roanoke at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Roanoke eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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