Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Clendenin Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54039011200 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 3,499 · 24% of tract blocks fall in Clendenin
Tract 54039011200 covers Clendenin in West Virginia. Home to 3,499 residents, it scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 30% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $862 a month against an average household income of $38,558 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,382
Renter share26.6%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$38,558
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clendenin and the region
Centroid at 38.4475, -81.3293 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clendenin scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clendenin
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$862 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clendenin
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clendenin
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clendenin
5.9
How Clendenin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 0%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 15.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.4%Food insecurity
- 27.7%SNAP enrollment
- 11.5%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 23.6%Frequent mental distress
- 47.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clendenin
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.8/10. 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 Clendenin, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039011200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039011200?
Census tract 54039011200 in Clendenin 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 54039011200?
Median gross rent is $862/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54039011200?
18.4% of residents in tract 54039011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,499.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039011200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 75th, minority 0th, housing 59th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54039011200 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 15.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54039011200 compare to Clendenin overall?
Tract 54039011200 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Clendenin at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clendenin; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Related