Tract 51840000101 ·
Winchester city, VA · pop 3,903 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
51840000101 is a census tract in the Heritage Hills area of Winchester, VA. It scores 6.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,903. roughly one in four of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Winchester City average of 46.5%.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%Stable renters 43%Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,364
Renter share58.9%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate22.6%
Median income$71,404
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Heritage Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
80th percentile
#2 of 6 tracts In Winchester
High
Within county
80th percentile
#2 of 6 tracts In Winchester city
High
Within state
96th percentile
#100 of 2,186 tracts In Virginia
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Winchester and the region
Centroid at 39.1852, -78.1487 · click any tract to drill in
Why Heritage Hills scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Winchester
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Virginia legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
22.6% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,423 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Winchester
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Winchester
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Winchester
7.2
How Heritage Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
65%Socioeconomic
98%Household composition
64%Racial/ethnic minority
82%Housing & transportation
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.
16.8%Housing insecurity
10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
20.4%Food insecurity
16.7%SNAP enrollment
10.8%Transit barriers
15.8%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
35.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Heritage Hills
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.7/10.
16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10.
At $1,423 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Winchester commands. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 8.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the VA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Winchester City average of 5.9 closely. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $71,404.
59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 51840000101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 51840000101?
Census tract 51840000101 in the Heritage Hills neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 51840000101?
Median gross rent is $1,423/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 51840000101?
22.6% of residents in tract 51840000101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,903.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 51840000101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 98th, minority 64th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 51840000101 considered part of Heritage Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 51840000101 fall within Heritage Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 51840000101 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.8% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 51840000101 compare to Winchester overall?
Tract 51840000101 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Winchester at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Winchester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Winchester
Top eight tracts in Winchester ranked by composite eviction-risk score.