Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Cedar Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54039011800 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 4,260 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Cedar Grove
In Cedar Grove, census tract 54039011800 scores 3.9/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 10% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 17% of renter households, a modest level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $819 monthly, set against $48,262 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,734
Renter share14.0%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$48,262
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cedar Grove and the region
Centroid at 38.2935, -81.3446 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cedar Grove scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cedar Grove
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$819 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cedar Grove
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cedar Grove
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cedar Grove
5.8
How Cedar Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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.
- 14.2%Housing insecurity
- 12.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.6%Food insecurity
- 19.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 22.6%Frequent mental distress
- 44.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cedar Grove
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 5.9/10. 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 Cedar Grove, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Kanawha County average of 4.3 and below 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 59th 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 14.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039011800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039011800?
Census tract 54039011800 in Cedar Grove scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 54039011800?
Median gross rent is $819/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54039011800?
14.9% of residents in tract 54039011800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,260.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039011800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 24th, minority 7th, housing 82th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54039011800 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.2% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54039011800 compare to Cedar Grove overall?
Tract 54039011800 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Cedar Grove at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cedar Grove; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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