Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Weirton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54029021400 · Hancock County, WV · pop 3,832
Census tract 54029021400 runs through Weirton. With 3,832 residents, it scores 3.3/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 3% of US census tracts.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $928 a month against an average household income of $56,108 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,555
Renter share25.1%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$56,108
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Weirton and the region
Centroid at 40.4263, -80.5907 · click any tract to drill in
Why Weirton scores 4.1
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
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$928 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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 Weirton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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.
- 13.2%Housing insecurity
- 12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.1%Food insecurity
- 19.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 41.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Weirton
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 5.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Weirton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Hancock County average of 4.1 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 69th 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 13.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.3% 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 54029021400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54029021400?
Census tract 54029021400 in Weirton scores 4.1/10 (Moderate 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 54029021400?
Median gross rent is $928/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54029021400?
12.5% of residents in tract 54029021400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,832.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54029021400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 95th, minority 11th, housing 62th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54029021400 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.2% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54029021400 compare to Weirton overall?
Tract 54029021400 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Weirton at 3.1/10. 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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