Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 54003972003 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54003972003 ·
Berkeley County, WV · pop 3,873
With a score of 3.6/10, tract 54003972003 in Berkeley County, WV reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%Stable renters 12%Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,563
Renter share20.9%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$76,442
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
64th percentile
#10 of 26 tracts In Berkeley County
Elevated
Within state
49th percentile
#278 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Moderate
National
33th percentile
#56,048 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley County and the region
Centroid at 39.3965, -77.9656 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 54003972003 scores 3.6
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
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,497 rent vs county FMR
7.4
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 54003972003 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
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.
13.7%Housing insecurity
11.5%Utility-shutoff threat
15.8%Food insecurity
16.2%SNAP enrollment
9.0%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
22.9%Frequent mental distress
35.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 54003972003
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, local political climate reads 1.8/10.
The voucher gap is 24.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.8/10.
That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 2.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing 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.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters. It tracks the Berkeley County average of 3.6 closely.
Average gross rent runs $1,497 a month. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $76,442.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 54003972003
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54003972003?
Census tract 54003972003 in Berkeley County scores 3.6/10 (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 54003972003?
Median gross rent is $1,497/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54003972003?
10.7% of residents in tract 54003972003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,873.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54003972003?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 24th, minority 24th, housing 28th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54003972003 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.7% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.