Clendenin Eviction Risk: Moderate

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.3/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. SNAP participation runs 27.7% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Kanawha County average of 36.9%. It sits 0.8 points above the Kanawha County average of 3.9.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 6.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WV average is 3.8, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.