Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Commercial Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Follansbee
Tract 54009031200 · Brooke County, WV · pop 3,055 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 54009031200 sits in the Commercial Street Historic District neighborhood of Follansbee eviction risk, West Virginia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. That is riskier than about 4% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 15% of renter households, a modest level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $586 monthly, set against $48,949 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,328
Renter share42.2%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$48,949
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Follansbee and the region
Centroid at 40.3291, -80.5904 · click any tract to drill in
Why Commercial Street Historic District scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Follansbee
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$586 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Follansbee
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Follansbee
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Follansbee
2.8
How Commercial Street Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%Housing & transportation
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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 15.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 39.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Commercial Street Historic District
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Follansbee eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Brooke County average of 3.8 and below the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 54009031200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54009031200?
Census tract 54009031200 in the Commercial Street Historic District neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 54009031200?
Median gross rent is $586/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54009031200?
14.6% of residents in tract 54009031200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,055.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54009031200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 63th, minority 3th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 54009031200 considered part of Commercial Street Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54009031200 fall within Commercial Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 54009031200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 54009031200 compare to Follansbee overall?
Tract 54009031200 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Follansbee at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Follansbee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Follansbee
Top eight tracts in Follansbee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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