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Loudon Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charleston

Tract 54039001300 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 2,126 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Here is how census tract 54039001300, in Loudon Heights in Charleston eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 3.6/10 eviction-risk score (Lower tier) across a population of 2,126. It lands near the 6th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $957 monthly, set against $62,759 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 77% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 56% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,193
Renter share76.7%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$62,759

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Loudon Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#12 of 20 tracts In Charleston
Moderate
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 57 tracts In Kanawha County
Moderate
Within state
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#278 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Charleston and the region

Centroid at 38.3403, -81.6215 · click any tract to drill in

Why Loudon Heights scores 4.2

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
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$957 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Loudon Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Loudon Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 001300Charleston: 3.03.0Charlestonparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Loudon Heights. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Loudon Heights

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 4.1/10. 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 Charleston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Kanawha County average of 4.3 and below the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 1% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 56th 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.

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 54039001300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039001300?

Census tract 54039001300 in the Loudon Heights neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 54039001300?

Median gross rent is $957/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 54039001300?

14.9% of residents in tract 54039001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,126.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 54039001300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 5th, minority 39th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 54039001300 considered part of Loudon Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54039001300 fall within Loudon Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 54039001300 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 54039001300 compare to Charleston overall?

Tract 54039001300 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Charleston at 3/10. 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.
Q8

Was tract 54039001300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 1% 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Charleston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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