Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

East End Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charleston

Tract 54039001100 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 4,863 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 4.6/10, tract 54039001100 in the East End area of Charleston, WV reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 25% Owners 57%

Tract context

Occupied units2,233

Renter share43.3%

SVI overall0.86

Poverty rate31.7%

Median income$52,148

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Charleston and the region

Centroid at 38.3518, -81.5970 · click any tract to drill in

Why East End scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Charleston

3.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.3

State political climate

West Virginia legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

31.7% poverty · this tract

7.9

Supply constraint

$710 rent vs county FMR

1.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Charleston

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Charleston

2.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Charleston

2.5

How East End compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

82%Socioeconomic
84%Household composition
32%Racial/ethnic minority
88%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
3%Grade B
4%Grade C
3%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

16.8%Housing insecurity
15.7%Utility-shutoff threat
23.2%Food insecurity
25.5%SNAP enrollment
11.4%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
22.2%Frequent mental distress
44.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East End

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.0% against 31.5% nationally.

Average gross rent is $710, 22% below the Charleston average. Against Kanawha County at 36.9%, 43% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Against the Kanawha County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

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. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Against average income of $52,148, annual rent is just 16%.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 54039001100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039001100?

Census tract 54039001100 in the East End neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 54039001100?

Median gross rent is $710/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54039001100?

31.7% of residents in tract 54039001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,863.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54039001100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 84th, minority 32th, housing 88th.

Is tract 54039001100 considered part of East End?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54039001100 fall within East End (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 54039001100 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.8% 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. 15.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54039001100 compare to Charleston overall?

Tract 54039001100 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Charleston at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Charleston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 54039001100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 3% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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