Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Marmet Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54039012302 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 2,387 · 55% of tract blocks fall in Marmet
Tract 54039012302 sits in Marmet, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. It is home to 2,387 residents. Against Kanawha County at 36.9%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,003
Renter share26.4%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate18.7%
Median income$42,589
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Marmet and the region
Centroid at 38.2552, -81.6274 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marmet scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Marmet
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
18.7% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$827 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Marmet
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Marmet
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Marmet
8.1
How Marmet compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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.
- 15.6%Housing insecurity
- 14.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.2%Food insecurity
- 26.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 23.3%Frequent mental distress
- 47.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marmet
32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.5/10.
Disability prevalence runs 47.5% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.1/10.
SNAP participation runs 26.2% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 1.1 points above the Kanawha County average of 3.9. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the WV average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $827, close to the Marmet average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039012302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039012302?
Census tract 54039012302 in Marmet scores 5/10 (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 54039012302?
Median gross rent is $827/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54039012302?
18.7% of residents in tract 54039012302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,387.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039012302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 48th, minority 4th, housing 90th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54039012302 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.6% 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. 14.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54039012302 compare to Marmet overall?
Tract 54039012302 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Marmet at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Marmet; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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