1 census tracts · pop 6,828 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.4/10
· range 3.4–3.4
Heather Hills is a one-tract neighborhood of Falmouth, VA, population 6,828. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.4/10, placing it in the Lower tier. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1/10.
15% 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. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 100 evictions logged in this tract.
Average gross rent is $2,119, 13% above the Falmouth average of $1,873. SNAP participation is 6.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 8.7% of adults, 9.1 points below the national rate.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 10.2% of renter households. 36% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. Recent filings have not receded much: 9.5% in 2016 against a 10.2% peak.
Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. For a like-for-like read, Brookfield and Clyde Forge score within a fraction of it.
Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.4/10 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
3.4
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Heather Hills vs FalmouthHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority60%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport3%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Heather Hills
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
100Total filings (sum)
9.82%Avg annual filing rate
10.2%Peak year (2015)
9.47%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Heather Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.6%Housing insecurity
5.5%Utility shutoff threat
8.7%Food insecurity
6.3%SNAP enrollment
6.5%No health insurance
25.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Heather Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Heather Hills?
Heather Hills scores 3.4/10 (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 Heather Hills compare to Falmouth overall?
Heather Hills scores 0.6 points lower than Falmouth overall (4/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $2,119 vs $1,873.
Q3
What is the average rent in Heather Hills?
Average gross rent in Heather Hills is $2,119/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Heather Hills residents are renters?
19% of Heather Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 23% in Falmouth). The neighborhood has 6,828 residents.
Q5
Is Heather Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Heather Hills sits in the 13th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Heather Hills for landlords?
Heather Hills carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.4/10). 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 Falmouth as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Heather Hills?
Heather Hills has 7,004 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (58.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (25.1%), Hispanic / Latino (7.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
