Neighborhood · Virginia Beach, VA

Pocahontas Village Eviction Risk: Moderate

5 census tracts · pop 17,621 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10 · range 3.8–5.2

Pocahontas Village is a 5-tract neighborhood of Virginia Beach, VA and houses 17,621 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.8/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 59% against 32.2% citywide, putting Pocahontas Village 26.7% over its own city.

The severe-burden share is 37%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. The 5 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.8 to 5.2, a 1.4-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.

Filings are well documented here: 170 across 2 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 19.7% of renter households.

That places it #8 of 53 neighborhoods in Virginia Beach. Judgments average 4.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Average gross rent runs $1,748, close to the Virginia Beach average.

Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $68,452. 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.8 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

5 tracts · population-weighted

Pocahontas Village vs Virginia Beach How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

58.9% +83%

Virginia Beach: 32.2%

Average gross rent

$1,748 +2%

Virginia Beach: $1,714

Average HH income

$68,452 -25%

Virginia Beach: $90,685

Poverty rate

12.1% +45%

Virginia Beach: 8.4%

Renter share

48.5% +39%

Virginia Beach: 34.9%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pocahontas Village and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 5 tracts span score 3.8–5.2

Why Pocahontas Village scores 4.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 3.2–3.2 across tracts

3.2

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.3–5.3 across tracts

5.3

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts

4.0

Rent control risk

59% of income on rent · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts

4.0

Tenant organizing strength

49% renter households · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts

3.5

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts

4.0

Economic stress

12.1% below poverty line · Range 1.0–4.0 across tracts

3.1

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.6–5.7 across tracts

5.3

Risk score comparison

Pocahontas Village vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Pocahontas Village?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

0246810

Spread of 1.4 points from 3.8 to 5.2. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.

Tracts as heat grid

5.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 3.8

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

5 tracts in Pocahontas Village

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
51810046020	5.2	5,447	56%	$1,819
51810041002	5.2	2,558	61%	$1,636
51810045605	5.2	2,390	61%	$1,664
51810046019	5	3,105	54%	$1,737
51810045803	3.8	4,121	64%	$1,780

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 41

Pop-weighted across 5 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 44%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 46%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 61%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 34%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Pocahontas Village

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

170Total filings (sum)
14.92%Avg annual filing rate
19.7%Peak year (2016)
14.92%Latest filed (2016)

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Pocahontas Village

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

14.0%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility shutoff threat
16.3%Food insecurity
13.8%SNAP enrollment
9.9%No health insurance
30.6%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Pocahontas Village

What is the eviction-risk score for Pocahontas Village?

Pocahontas Village scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 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.

How does Pocahontas Village compare to Virginia Beach overall?

Pocahontas Village scores 1.0 points higher than Virginia Beach overall (3.8/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,748 vs $1,714.

What is the average rent in Pocahontas Village?

Average gross rent in Pocahontas Village is $1,748/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Pocahontas Village residents are renters?

49% of Pocahontas Village households are renter-occupied (vs 35% in Virginia Beach). The neighborhood has 17,621 residents.

Is Pocahontas Village a high social-vulnerability area?

Pocahontas Village sits in the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Pocahontas Village have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Pocahontas Village is census tract 51810046020 (score 5.2/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.8 to 5.2, a spread of 1.4 points.

How safe is Pocahontas Village for landlords?

Pocahontas Village carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.8/10). Pop-weighted across 5 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 higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Pocahontas Village?

Pocahontas Village has 18,205 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (48.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (27.2%), Hispanic / Latino (13.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Pocahontas Village

4.3 Thalia Manor 3 tracts · pop 8,147 3.3 Fairfield 3 tracts · pop 12,381 4.2 Aragona Village 2 tracts · pop 7,371 3.5 Wynd Crest 5 tracts · pop 18,622 4.6 Euclid Terrace 2 tracts · pop 12,748 4 Malibu 2 tracts · pop 5,588

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Virginia Beach

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Pocahontas Village.

4.7 Euclid Terrace 2 tracts · pop 12,748 4.7 Lake Smith Terrace 1 tracts · pop 3,904 4.9 Kings Arm 3 tracts · pop 13,508 4.9 Oceana 2 tracts · pop 5,185 4.6 Hollywood 1 tracts · pop 4,053 4.5 Linkhorn Park 1 tracts · pop 3,124

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