Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 54039010900 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54039010900 ·
Kanawha County, WV · pop 2,597
Census tract 54039010900 covers part of Kanawha County, WV, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,597 residents. Cost burden runs 5% here against 36.9% across Kanawha County.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%Stable renters 20%Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units956
Renter share21.4%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate22.7%
Median income$62,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
70th percentile
#18 of 57 tracts In Kanawha County
Elevated
Within state
73th percentile
#148 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Elevated
National
47th percentile
#44,239 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kanawha County and the region
Centroid at 38.4496, -81.6203 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 54039010900 scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
1.8
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
$840 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 54039010900 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
13.3%Housing insecurity
11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
18.4%Food insecurity
19.3%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
22.0%Frequent mental distress
42.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 54039010900
The clearest offset is state political climate at 1.8/10. On the softer side, local political climate reads 1.8/10.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $62,000, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Model confidence here is 65%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point.
It tracks the Kanawha County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent runs $840 a month.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039010900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039010900?
Census tract 54039010900 in Kanawha County scores 4.3/10 (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 average rent in tract 54039010900?
Median gross rent is $840/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 5% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54039010900?
22.7% of residents in tract 54039010900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,597.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039010900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 52th, minority 0th, housing 41th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54039010900 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.