Skip to content
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Fairfield Eviction Risk: Lower , Virginia Beach

Tract 51810046006 · Virginia Beach city, VA · pop 3,838 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 51810046006 covers part of the Fairfield area of Virginia Beach, VA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 7% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,419
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$116,042

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Fairfield
Moderate
Within parent city
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#78 of 111 tracts In Virginia Beach
Low
Within county
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#86 of 111 tracts In Virginia Beach city
Low
Within state
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#1,798 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Virginia Beach and the region

Centroid at 36.8141, -76.1513 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairfield scores 3

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
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,848 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 / state3.0This tracttract 0460063.8Virginia Beachparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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)

  • 11Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 8.21%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.2%Peak (2016)
  • 11Filings 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

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 6.5% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Virginia Beach City average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 11 filings here across 1 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 8.2% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 8.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 13% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.8/10.

Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 51810046006

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51810046006?

Census tract 51810046006 in the Fairfield 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 51810046006?

Median gross rent is $1,848/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51810046006?

4.3% of residents in tract 51810046006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,838.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51810046006?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 50th, minority 37th, housing 13th.
Q5

Is tract 51810046006 considered part of Fairfield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51810046006 fall within Fairfield (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51810046006?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 51810046006 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.21% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51810046006 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.9% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51810046006 compare to Virginia Beach overall?

Tract 51810046006 scores 3/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Virginia Beach

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

Related