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

Pocahontas Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Virginia Beach

Tract 51810041002 · Virginia Beach city, VA · pop 2,558 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 51810041002 covers part of the Pocahontas Village area of Virginia Beach, VA, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,558 residents. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 16% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units936
Renter share42.2%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$63,261

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Pocahontas Village
Very High
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 111 tracts In Virginia Beach
Very High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 111 tracts In Virginia Beach city
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 36.8396, -76.1473 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pocahontas Village 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
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,636 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Pocahontas Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pocahontas Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0410023.8Virginia Beachparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 89Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 19.73%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.7%Peak (2016)
  • 89Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Pocahontas Village. 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 Pocahontas Village

Against Virginia Beach City at 46.1%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Virginia Beach City average of 3.9.

The filing record is not thin: 89 evictions over 1 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2016 at 19.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 19.7% 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.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most 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 51810041002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51810041002?

Census tract 51810041002 in the Pocahontas Village 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 51810041002?

Median gross rent is $1,636/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 51810041002?

15.0% of residents in tract 51810041002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,558.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 51810041002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 76th, minority 75th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 51810041002 considered part of Pocahontas Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51810041002 fall within Pocahontas Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 51810041002?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 89 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 51810041002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.73% of renter households, peaking at 19.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 51810041002 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.5% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 51810041002 compare to Virginia Beach overall?

Tract 51810041002 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Virginia Beach

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

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