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Neighborhood · Virginia Beach, VA

Sandbridge Beach Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 1,534 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Sandbridge Beach is a one-tract suburb of Virginia Beach, VA, population 1,534. The Eviction Risk Score is 3/10, in the Lower tier. 82% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Virginia Beach rate of 32.2%.

The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1/10. 23% 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.

Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. Food insecurity affects 5.6% of adults, 12.2 points below the national rate.

The filing record is not thin: 1 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 1.6% of renter households.

4.7% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Among the 53 mapped neighborhoods of Virginia Beach, it ranks #42 by risk, the lower third. Only 4% 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.

Rent takes 12% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent runs $1,625, close to the Virginia Beach average.

One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Sandbridge Beach vs Virginia Beach How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
81.8% +154%
Virginia Beach: 32.2%
Average gross rent
$1,625 -5%
Virginia Beach: $1,714
Average HH income
$168,750 +86%
Virginia Beach: $90,685
Poverty rate
3.4% -59%
Virginia Beach: 8.4%
Renter share
3.6% -90%
Virginia Beach: 34.9%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Sandbridge Beach and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3–3

Why Sandbridge Beach scores 3

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
82% 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
4% 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
3.4% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.6–4.6 across tracts
4.6
Risk score comparison

Sandbridge Beach vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Sandbridge Beach score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0Sandbridge BeachNeighborhood3.8Parent cityhost city4.3Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Sandbridge Beach

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
51810045412 3 1,534 82% $1,625
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 6

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 4%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 9%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 6%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 36%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Sandbridge Beach

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1Total filings (sum)
  • 1.59%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.6%Peak year (2016)
  • 1.59%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sandbridge Beach

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

Frequently asked

About Sandbridge Beach

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Sandbridge Beach?

Sandbridge Beach scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Sandbridge Beach compare to Virginia Beach overall?

Sandbridge Beach scores 0.8 points lower than Virginia Beach overall (3.8/10). Renters spend 82% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,625 vs $1,714.
Q3

What is the average rent in Sandbridge Beach?

Average gross rent in Sandbridge Beach is $1,625/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Sandbridge Beach residents are renters?

4% of Sandbridge Beach households are renter-occupied (vs 35% in Virginia Beach). The neighborhood has 1,534 residents.
Q5

Is Sandbridge Beach a high social-vulnerability area?

Sandbridge Beach 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

How safe is Sandbridge Beach for landlords?

Sandbridge Beach carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Sandbridge Beach?

Sandbridge Beach has 1,485 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (95.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (2.2%), Hispanic / Latino (1.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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