2 census tracts · pop 7,828 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Forest Hills is a 2-tract neighborhood of Virginia Beach, VA and houses 7,828 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. The voucher gap is 52.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10. 25% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. Rent consumes at least 30% of income for around a third of renter households. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 5.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
SNAP participation is 3.8% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 3 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. On the high side is supply constraint at 7.5/10.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 2.3% of renter households. That places it #42 of 53 neighborhoods in Virginia Beach. Judgments average 0.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Only 7% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. For a like-for-like read, Bayville Park and Cavalier Park score within a fraction of it. Against average income of $216,449, annual rent is only 10%, a wide affordability cushion.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Forest Hills vs Virginia BeachHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority20%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport3%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Forest Hills
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
3Total filings (sum)
1.99%Avg annual filing rate
2.3%Peak year (2016)
1.99%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Forest Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.1%Housing insecurity
3.3%Utility shutoff threat
5.6%Food insecurity
3.8%SNAP enrollment
4.6%No health insurance
23.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Forest Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Forest Hills?
Forest Hills scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Forest Hills compare to Virginia Beach overall?
Forest Hills scores 0.8 points lower than Virginia Beach overall (3.8/10). Renters spend 31% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,738 vs $1,714.
Q3
What is the average rent in Forest Hills?
Average gross rent in Forest Hills is $1,738/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Forest Hills residents are renters?
7% of Forest Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 35% in Virginia Beach). The neighborhood has 7,828 residents.
Q5
Is Forest Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Forest Hills sits in the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Forest Hills have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Forest Hills is census tract 51810042000 (score 3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Forest Hills for landlords?
Forest Hills carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Virginia Beach as a whole (3.8/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Forest Hills?
Forest Hills has 7,924 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (86.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6%), Hispanic / Latino (4.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
