Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Chestnut Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Weirton
Tract 54029020600 · Hancock County, WV · pop 4,291 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
54029020600 is a census tract in the Chestnut Hill area of Weirton, WV. It scores 3/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,915
Renter share34.2%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$62,286
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Weirton and the region
Centroid at 40.4229, -80.5407 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chestnut Hill scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Weirton
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$737 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Weirton
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Weirton
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Weirton
2.0
How Chestnut Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Chestnut Hill. 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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.4%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 38.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chestnut Hill
about a quarter of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Hancock County average of 37.4%. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Against the Hancock County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.1/10. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $62,286, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $737, close to the Weirton average. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 54029020600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54029020600?
Census tract 54029020600 in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood 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 54029020600?
Median gross rent is $737/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54029020600?
9.2% of residents in tract 54029020600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,291.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54029020600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 24th, minority 4th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 54029020600 considered part of Chestnut Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54029020600 fall within Chestnut Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 54029020600 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 54029020600 compare to Weirton overall?
Tract 54029020600 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Weirton at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Weirton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Weirton
Top eight tracts in Weirton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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