Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Spring Mills Eviction Risk: Lower , Falling Waters
Tract 54003971101 · Berkeley County, WV · pop 7,361 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
54003971101 is a census tract in the Spring Mills area of Falling Waters, WV. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 20% here against 39.5% across Berkeley County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,714
Renter share21.0%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$85,091
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Falling Waters and the region
Centroid at 39.5327, -77.9006 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spring Mills scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Falling Waters
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,349 rent vs county FMR
6.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Falling Waters
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Falling Waters
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Falling Waters
2.1
How Spring Mills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Spring Mills. 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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.1%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spring Mills
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.8/10.
13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The voucher gap is 12.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
It sits 0.6 points below the Berkeley County average of 3.6. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 6.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent is $1,349, close to the Falling Waters average.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $85,091.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54003971101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54003971101?
Census tract 54003971101 in the Spring Mills neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 54003971101?
Median gross rent is $1,349/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54003971101?
3.4% of residents in tract 54003971101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,361.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54003971101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 54th, minority 38th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 54003971101 considered part of Spring Mills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54003971101 fall within Spring Mills (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 54003971101 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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 54003971101 compare to Falling Waters overall?
Tract 54003971101 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Falling Waters at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Falling Waters; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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