Elk City Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Charleston

30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. It sits 0.9 points below the Kanawha County average of 3.9. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Charleston. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.3/10. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $70,202, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $896, close to the Charleston average.

34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.