Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Sissonville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54039010803 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 4,351 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Sissonville
How risky is Sissonville for landlords? Census tract 54039010803 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 1% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $54,133 a year. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,615
Renter share23.5%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate26.9%
Median income$54,133
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sissonville and the region
Centroid at 38.4768, -81.6787 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sissonville scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sissonville
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
26.9% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sissonville
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sissonville
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sissonville
8.0
How Sissonville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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.
- 15.1%Housing insecurity
- 14.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.4%Food insecurity
- 23.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 23.2%Frequent mental distress
- 45.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sissonville
What moves this score most is housing court bias at $1/10. 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 Sissonville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kanawha County average of 4.3 and above the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 49th 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 15.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039010803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039010803?
Census tract 54039010803 in Sissonville scores 5.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 54039010803?
26.9% of residents in tract 54039010803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,351.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039010803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 86th, minority 6th, housing 46th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 54039010803 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.1% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 54039010803 compare to Sissonville overall?
Tract 54039010803 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Sissonville at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sissonville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sissonville
Top eight tracts in Sissonville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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