1 census tracts · pop 9,816 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.8/10
· range 3.8–3.8
Bells Hill Terrace maps to a single census tract in Stafford Courthouse, VA and houses 9,816 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.8/10, Lower tier. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1/10. Cost burden runs 31% against 22.8% citywide, putting Bells Hill Terrace 7.7% over its own city. Severe burden reaches 18%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Court records for this tract carry 280 eviction filings. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.6/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 16.6% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,973, 7% below the Stafford Courthouse average of $2,130.
Judgments average 2.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 21% 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.
Against average income of $170,165, annual rent is only 14%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
One tract means one number: 3.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Bells Hill Terrace vs Stafford CourthouseHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport29%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bells Hill Terrace
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
280Total filings (sum)
14.65%Avg annual filing rate
16.6%Peak year (2016)
16.57%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bells Hill Terrace
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.9%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility shutoff threat
10.6%Food insecurity
7.5%SNAP enrollment
7.2%No health insurance
22.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bells Hill Terrace
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bells Hill Terrace?
Bells Hill Terrace 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 Bells Hill Terrace compare to Stafford Courthouse overall?
Bells Hill Terrace scores 0.6 points lower than Stafford Courthouse overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 31% of income on rent vs 23% citywide. Average rent: $1,973 vs $2,130.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bells Hill Terrace?
Average gross rent in Bells Hill Terrace is $1,973/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bells Hill Terrace residents are renters?
21% of Bells Hill Terrace households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Stafford Courthouse). The neighborhood has 9,816 residents.
Q5
Is Bells Hill Terrace a high social-vulnerability area?
Bells Hill Terrace sits in the 22nd 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 Bells Hill Terrace for landlords?
Bells Hill Terrace 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 Stafford Courthouse as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Bells Hill Terrace?
Bells Hill Terrace has 10,921 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (39.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (32.8%), Hispanic / Latino (14.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
