Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Joplin Eviction Risk: Lower , Charleston
Tract 54039012800 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 4,071 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
54039012800 is a census tract in the Joplin area of South Charleston, WV. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.8/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,829
Renter share24.9%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$76,507
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charleston and the region
Centroid at 38.3533, -81.6930 · click any tract to drill in
Why Joplin scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Charleston
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,083 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Charleston
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Charleston
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Charleston
7.1
How Joplin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 10%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 5%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Joplin. 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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.8%Food insecurity
- 11.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 33.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Joplin
At $1,083 a month, rents run 28% over what the rest of South Charleston commands. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.1/10. This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Charleston. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 25% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 1.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $76,507, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 39% of renters. It tracks the Kanawha County average of 3.9 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039012800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039012800?
Census tract 54039012800 in the Joplin neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 54039012800?
Median gross rent is $1,083/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54039012800?
14.7% of residents in tract 54039012800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,071.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039012800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 8th, minority 34th, housing 9th.
Q5
Is tract 54039012800 considered part of Joplin?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54039012800 fall within Joplin (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 54039012800 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 54039012800 compare to Charleston overall?
Tract 54039012800 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Charleston at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Charleston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 54039012800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Charleston
Top eight tracts in Charleston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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