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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

College Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Virginia Beach

Tract 51810046220 · Virginia Beach city, VA · pop 4,907 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

51810046220 is a census tract in the College Park area of Virginia Beach, VA. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. 35% 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
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 28% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units2,531
Renter share64.1%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate16.6%
Median income$54,086

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In College Park
Moderate
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#9 of 111 tracts In Virginia Beach
Very High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#9 of 111 tracts In Virginia Beach city
Very High
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#421 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Virginia Beach and the region

Centroid at 36.8084, -76.2128 · click any tract to drill in

Why College Park scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Virginia Beach
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
16.6% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,415 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Virginia Beach
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Virginia Beach
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Virginia Beach
4.0

How College Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
College Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0462203.8Virginia Beachparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 283Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 18.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.0%Peak (2016)
  • 283Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in College Park

56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Virginia Beach City average of 46.1%. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Virginia Beach City average of 3.9.

Average gross rent is $1,415, 17% below the Virginia Beach average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 283 filings here across 1 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 18.0% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Norfolk. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 18.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Statute speed, court posture and rent-regulation exposure are inherited from Virginia eviction laws Beach rather than measured on these blocks; the economic and supply components are the tract-level part of the score.

Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 51810046220

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51810046220?

Census tract 51810046220 in the College Park neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 51810046220?

Median gross rent is $1,415/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51810046220?

16.6% of residents in tract 51810046220 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,907.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51810046220?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 52th, minority 82th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 51810046220 considered part of College Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51810046220 fall within College Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51810046220?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 283 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 51810046220 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.00% of renter households, peaking at 18.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51810046220 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.6% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51810046220 compare to Virginia Beach overall?

Tract 51810046220 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Virginia Beach at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Virginia Beach eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 51810046220 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 7% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Virginia Beach

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

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