Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Palatine Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fairmont
Tract 54049020200 · Marion County, WV · pop 3,425 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 54049020200 sits in the Palatine area of Fairmont eviction risk, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 3,425 residents. The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.8/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,341
Renter share67.6%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate24.3%
Median income$68,097
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fairmont and the region
Centroid at 39.4731, -80.1525 · click any tract to drill in
Why Palatine scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fairmont
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
24.3% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$887 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fairmont
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fairmont
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fairmont
6.4
How Palatine 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.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Palatine. 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
- 13.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.2%Food insecurity
- 20.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 27.4%Frequent mental distress
- 37.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Palatine
The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. Against the Marion County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. 33% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Marion County average of 37.8%. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10. Against average income of $68,097, annual rent is just 16%.
Statewide the WV average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.
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 54049020200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54049020200?
Census tract 54049020200 in the Palatine neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 54049020200?
Median gross rent is $887/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54049020200?
24.3% of residents in tract 54049020200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,425.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54049020200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 11th, minority 27th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 54049020200 considered part of Palatine?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54049020200 fall within Palatine (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 54049020200 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. 13.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 54049020200 compare to Fairmont overall?
Tract 54049020200 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Fairmont at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fairmont eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fairmont
Top eight tracts in Fairmont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · WV
Palatine
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WV
Palatine
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WV
Palatine
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WV
Palatine
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · WV
54049020400
3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · WV
54049020600
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · WV
Bellview
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · WV
54049021100
3
/ 10 · Low
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