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Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

Fairfield Eviction Risk: Lower , Virginia Beach

Tract 51810046002 · Virginia Beach city, VA · pop 5,469 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 51810046002 sits in the Fairfield area of Virginia Beach eviction risk, VA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. Population here is 5,469. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 17% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,054
Renter share33.0%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$88,627

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Fairfield
Very High
Within parent city
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#48 of 111 tracts In Virginia Beach
Elevated
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#49 of 111 tracts In Virginia Beach city
Elevated
Within state
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#1,111 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Virginia Beach and the region

Centroid at 36.8193, -76.1785 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairfield scores 3.9

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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,686 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Fairfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairfield risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.9This tracttract 0460023.8Virginia Beachparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

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

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)

  • 33Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 8.89%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.9%Peak (2016)
  • 33Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fairfield. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fairfield

Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions over 1 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2016 at 8.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.9% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Statute speed, court posture and rent-regulation exposure are inherited from Virginia Beach eviction risk rather than measured on these blocks; the economic and supply components are the tract-level part of the score. Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. 50% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Virginia Beach City average of 3.9 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,686, close to the Virginia Beach average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $88,627. 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 51810046002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51810046002?

Census tract 51810046002 in the Fairfield neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 51810046002?

Median gross rent is $1,686/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51810046002?

8.2% of residents in tract 51810046002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,469.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51810046002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 46th, minority 56th, housing 21th.
Q5

Is tract 51810046002 considered part of Fairfield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51810046002 fall within Fairfield (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51810046002?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 51810046002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.89% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51810046002 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.3% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51810046002 compare to Virginia Beach overall?

Tract 51810046002 scores 3.9/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Virginia Beach

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

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