Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Belvil Park Eviction Risk: Lower , St. Albans
Tract 54039013500 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 2,866 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 54039013500 sits in the Belvil Park area of St. Albans, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. It is home to 2,866 residents. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,247
Renter share26.8%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate18.0%
Median income$48,530
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Albans and the region
Centroid at 38.3839, -81.8164 · click any tract to drill in
Why Belvil Park scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Albans
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
18.0% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$929 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Albans
1.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Albans
2.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Albans
2.1
How Belvil Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%Housing & transportation
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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.9%Food insecurity
- 17.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 41.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Belvil Park
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.2/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Cost burden runs 31% here against 36.9% across Kanawha County. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.1/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Kanawha County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent is $929, close to the St. Albans average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $48,530. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039013500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039013500?
Census tract 54039013500 in the Belvil Park neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 54039013500?
Median gross rent is $929/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54039013500?
18.0% of residents in tract 54039013500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,866.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039013500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 87th, minority 26th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 54039013500 considered part of Belvil Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54039013500 fall within Belvil Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 54039013500 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 54039013500 compare to St. Albans overall?
Tract 54039013500 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of St. Albans at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Albans eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in St. Albans
Top eight tracts in St. Albans ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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