Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 54003971302 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54003971302 ·
Berkeley County, WV · pop 4,402
Census tract 54003971302 covers part of Berkeley County, WV, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,402 residents. 24% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Berkeley County average of 39.5%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%Stable renters 17%Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,536
Renter share22.1%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$90,357
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
4th percentile
#25 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 39.5017, -77.9216 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 54003971302 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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,543 rent vs county FMR
7.8
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 54003971302 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
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.
12.3%Housing insecurity
10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
14.2%Food insecurity
14.1%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
8.5%No health insurance
21.7%Frequent mental distress
35.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 54003971302
The voucher gap is 28.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.8/10.
Running cool, local political climate reads 1.8/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.8/10. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
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.
At 22% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
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. Average gross rent runs $1,543 a month.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $90,357.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 54003971302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54003971302?
Census tract 54003971302 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 54003971302?
Median gross rent is $1,543/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54003971302?
7.9% of residents in tract 54003971302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,402.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54003971302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 40th, minority 24th, housing 22th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54003971302 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.