Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Elkview Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54039011100 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 4,433 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Elkview
How risky is Elkview in Kanawha County for landlords? Census tract 54039011100 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 11th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 28% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $913 a month while the average household earns $46,823 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,798
Renter share16.8%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$46,823
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elkview and the region
Centroid at 38.4774, -81.4851 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elkview scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elkview
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elkview
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elkview
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elkview
1.9
How Elkview 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.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.5%Food insecurity
- 21.0%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 22.7%Frequent mental distress
- 44.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elkview
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. 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 Elkview, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kanawha County average of 4.3 and in line with the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 41st 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 14.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.7% 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 54039011100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039011100?
Census tract 54039011100 in Elkview scores 4/10 (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 54039011100?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54039011100?
17.6% of residents in tract 54039011100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,433.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039011100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 31th, minority 1th, housing 48th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54039011100 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54039011100 compare to Elkview overall?
Tract 54039011100 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Elkview at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elkview; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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