Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Norwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Stonewood
Tract 54033031000 · Harrison County, WV · pop 3,325 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 54033031000 covers the Norwood area of Stonewood in West Virginia. Home to 3,325 residents, it scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #78,325 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $726 monthly, set against $48,359 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,290
Renter share36.5%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$48,359
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Stonewood and the region
Centroid at 39.2590, -80.3068 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norwood scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Stonewood
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$726 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Stonewood
1.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Stonewood
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Stonewood
3.3
How Norwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.3%Food insecurity
- 17.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 20.9%Frequent mental distress
- 38.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norwood
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. 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 Stonewood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harrison County average of 4.0 and below the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 54033031000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54033031000?
Census tract 54033031000 in the Norwood neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 54033031000?
Median gross rent is $726/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54033031000?
11.5% of residents in tract 54033031000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,325.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54033031000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 66th, minority 15th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 54033031000 considered part of Norwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54033031000 fall within Norwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 54033031000 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 54033031000 compare to Stonewood overall?
Tract 54033031000 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Stonewood at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Stonewood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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