Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Fairmont Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 54049020400 · Marion County, WV · pop 1,587 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Fairmont

With a score of 3.5/10, tract 54049020400 in Fairmont, WV reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,587 residents. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

3.5

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 17% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units733

Renter share27.4%

SVI overall0.60

Poverty rate8.9%

Median income$73,350

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fairmont and the region

Centroid at 39.4880, -80.1900 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairmont scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

8.9% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$1,095 rent vs county FMR

5.9

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 Fairmont compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

68%Socioeconomic
30%Household composition
8%Racial/ethnic minority
78%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.

8.3%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
10.0%Food insecurity
9.3%SNAP enrollment
6.5%Transit barriers
5.6%No health insurance
19.5%Frequent mental distress
33.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fairmont

The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10.

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. At $1,095 a month, rents run 20% over what the rest of Fairmont commands.

Food insecurity runs 10.0% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10. Against average income of $73,350, annual rent is just 18%.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 38% of renters. It tracks the Marion County average of 3.7 closely.

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 54049020400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54049020400?

Census tract 54049020400 in Fairmont 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.

What is the average rent in tract 54049020400?

Median gross rent is $1,095/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54049020400?

8.9% of residents in tract 54049020400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,587.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54049020400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 30th, minority 8th, housing 78th.

What share of households in tract 54049020400 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.3% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54049020400 compare to Fairmont overall?

Tract 54049020400 scores 3.5/10, lower 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.