Altizer Eviction Risk: Lower , Huntington

30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.4% against 31.5% nationally. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 21% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Cabell County average of 3.8 closely. Average gross rent is $924, close to the Huntington average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.