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Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Tract 54003971802 Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 54003971802 · Berkeley County, WV · pop 4,022

Tract 54003971802 sits in Berkeley County, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. Population here is 4,022. Against Berkeley County at 39.5%, 10% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 27% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,859
Renter share30.3%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$69,291

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 26 tracts In Berkeley County
High
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#165 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Elevated
National
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#45,786 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Berkeley County and the region

Centroid at 39.4579, -78.1371 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tract 54003971802 scores 4.2

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
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,287 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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 54003971802 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tract 54003971802 risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 9718023.6Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 24

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tract 54003971802

Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.8/10. On the softer side, local political climate reads 1.8/10.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.8/10. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 0.6 points above the Berkeley County average of 3.6.

Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. 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 $1,287 a month.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $69,291. 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 54003971802

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54003971802?

Census tract 54003971802 in Berkeley County scores 4.2/10 (Moderate 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 54003971802?

Median gross rent is $1,287/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 54003971802?

14.4% of residents in tract 54003971802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,022.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 54003971802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 34th, minority 6th, housing 24th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 54003971802 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.4% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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