Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Salem Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54033031600 · Harrison County, WV · pop 2,545 · 63% of tract blocks fall in Salem
Salem is where census tract 54033031600 sits, home to 2,545 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 3.7/10. On the national scale it ranks #78,326 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
22% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $531 a month against an average household income of $42,589 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units928
Renter share23.3%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$42,589
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Salem and the region
Centroid at 39.2725, -80.5728 · click any tract to drill in
Why Salem scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Salem
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$531 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Salem
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Salem
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Salem
5.3
How Salem compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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.
- 14.5%Housing insecurity
- 13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.0%Food insecurity
- 24.5%SNAP enrollment
- 11.7%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 23.0%Frequent mental distress
- 42.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Salem
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.3/10. 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 Salem, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 62nd 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 14.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.6% 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 54033031600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54033031600?
Census tract 54033031600 in Salem scores 4.5/10 (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 54033031600?
Median gross rent is $531/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54033031600?
17.6% of residents in tract 54033031600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,545.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54033031600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 24th, minority 8th, housing 95th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54033031600 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.5% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54033031600 compare to Salem overall?
Tract 54033031600 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Salem at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Salem; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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