Palatine Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fairmont

Against the Marion County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points. 17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. SNAP participation runs 28.1% against 15.2% nationally. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.

The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Marion County average of 37.8%. Average gross rent is $778, 15% below the Fairmont average.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WV average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $43,182. 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.