Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Bethany Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54009031600 · Brooke County, WV · pop 3,999 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Bethany
With a score of 3/10, tract 54009031600 in Bethany, WV reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,999 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,260
Renter share15.5%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$62,452
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bethany and the region
Centroid at 40.2309, -80.5631 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bethany scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bethany
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$502 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bethany
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bethany
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bethany
3.2
How Bethany compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.1%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bethany
Against Brooke County at 35.7%, 24% of renters here are cost-burdened. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.2/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. At $502 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Bethany commands. Against the Brooke County average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 3.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 10% of average household income of $62,452, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54009031600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54009031600?
Census tract 54009031600 in Bethany 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 54009031600?
Median gross rent is $502/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54009031600?
4.9% of residents in tract 54009031600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,999.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54009031600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 15th, minority 23th, housing 48th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54009031600 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54009031600 compare to Bethany overall?
Tract 54009031600 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Bethany at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bethany; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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