Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Bennett Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Suffolk

Tract 51800075104 · Suffolk city, VA · pop 3,158 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

51800075104 is a census tract in the Bennett Creek area of Suffolk, VA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 25% Owners 47%

Tract context

Occupied units1,585

Renter share52.3%

SVI overall0.38

Poverty rate4.4%

Median income$97,771

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Suffolk and the region

Centroid at 36.8769, -76.4650 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bennett Creek scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Suffolk

4.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.9

State political climate

Virginia legislature & governorship

3.2

Economic stress

4.4% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

$1,860 rent vs county FMR

6.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Suffolk

1.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Suffolk

2.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Suffolk

3.5

How Bennett Creek compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

25%Socioeconomic
21%Household composition
59%Racial/ethnic minority
70%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Bennett Creek. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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.

10.3%Housing insecurity
6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
11.8%Food insecurity
9.7%SNAP enrollment
6.9%Transit barriers
7.2%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
30.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bennett Creek

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.1/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Cost burden runs 53% here against 46.8% across Suffolk City.

Average gross rent is $1,860, 19% above the Suffolk average. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10. Against the Suffolk City average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $97,771.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 51800075104

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51800075104?

Census tract 51800075104 in the Bennett Creek 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.

What is the average rent in tract 51800075104?

Median gross rent is $1,860/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 51800075104?

4.4% of residents in tract 51800075104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,158.

How socially vulnerable is tract 51800075104?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 21th, minority 59th, housing 70th.

Is tract 51800075104 considered part of Bennett Creek?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51800075104 fall within Bennett Creek (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 51800075104 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.3% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 51800075104 compare to Suffolk overall?

Tract 51800075104 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Suffolk at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Suffolk eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Suffolk

Top eight tracts in Suffolk ranked by composite eviction-risk score.