Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 54003971204 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54003971204 ·
Berkeley County, WV · pop 2,983
With a score of 3/10, tract 54003971204 in Berkeley County, WV reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,983 residents. Cost burden runs 16% here against 39.5% across Berkeley County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%Stable renters 9%Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,474
Renter share11.3%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$100,430
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
12th percentile
#23 of 26 tracts In Berkeley County
Very Low
Within state
28th percentile
#391 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Low
National
20th percentile
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley County and the region
Centroid at 39.5454, -78.1060 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 54003971204 scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
1.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$924 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 54003971204 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
8.3%Housing insecurity
7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
9.4%Food insecurity
9.1%SNAP enrollment
5.7%Transit barriers
5.8%No health insurance
18.1%Frequent mental distress
32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 54003971204
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Well under the midpoint, local political climate reads 1.8/10. Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally.
It sits 0.6 points below the Berkeley County average of 3.6. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 1.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $100,430, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Model confidence here is 65%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 54003971204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54003971204?
Census tract 54003971204 in Berkeley County 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 54003971204?
Median gross rent is $924/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54003971204?
3.3% of residents in tract 54003971204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,983.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54003971204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 10th, minority 1th, housing 6th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54003971204 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.