Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Suffolk Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 51800075601 · Suffolk city, VA · pop 3,626
Census tract 51800075601 covers part of Suffolk, VA, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,626 residents. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,245
Renter share35.5%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate20.0%
Median income$62,669
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Suffolk and the region
Centroid at 36.6916, -76.5583 · click any tract to drill in
Why Suffolk scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
20.0% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,091 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Suffolk compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,089Total filings over 6 yrs
- 39.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 63.3%Peak (2013)
- 122Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 22.1%Housing insecurity
- 15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.6%Food insecurity
- 26.8%SNAP enrollment
- 14.0%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 39.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Suffolk
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,091, 30% below the Suffolk average. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 26.8% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Suffolk City average of 3.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,089 filings here across 6 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 22.1% against 14.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 63.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 39.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 51800075601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51800075601?
Census tract 51800075601 in Suffolk scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 51800075601?
Median gross rent is $1,091/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51800075601?
20.0% of residents in tract 51800075601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,626.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51800075601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 72th, minority 85th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51800075601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,089 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 51800075601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 39.87% of renter households, peaking at 63.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 51800075601 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.1% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 51800075601 compare to Suffolk overall?
Tract 51800075601 scores 4.8/10, higher 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Suffolk
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