Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Spring Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dunbar
Tract 54039010300 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 2,220 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 54039010300 sits in the Spring Hill area of Dunbar eviction risk, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. It is home to 2,220 residents. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,050
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate22.7%
Median income$55,114
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dunbar and the region
Centroid at 38.3676, -81.7490 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spring Hill scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dunbar
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
22.7% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,027 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dunbar
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dunbar
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dunbar
6.6
How Spring Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Spring Hill. 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.
- 14.9%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.8%Food insecurity
- 19.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 41.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spring Hill
48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Kanawha County average of 36.9%. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
It sits 1.0 points above the Kanawha County average of 3.9. At $1,027 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Dunbar commands.
That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10.
Statewide the WV average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $55,114.
33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039010300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039010300?
Census tract 54039010300 in the Spring Hill neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 54039010300?
Median gross rent is $1,027/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54039010300?
22.7% of residents in tract 54039010300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,220.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039010300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 76th, minority 43th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 54039010300 considered part of Spring Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54039010300 fall within Spring Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 54039010300 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.9% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 54039010300 compare to Dunbar overall?
Tract 54039010300 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Dunbar at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dunbar eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dunbar
Top eight tracts in Dunbar ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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