Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Monongah Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54049021202 · Marion County, WV · pop 2,373 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Monongah
Tract 54049021202 sits in Monongah, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,061
Renter share12.4%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$73,826
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Monongah and the region
Centroid at 39.4457, -80.2244 · click any tract to drill in
Why Monongah scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Monongah
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,038 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Monongah
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Monongah
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Monongah
6.4
How Monongah compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 11.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Monongah
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Against Marion County at 37.8%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. It sits 0.7 points below the Marion County average of 3.7.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $73,826, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,038, close to the Monongah average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54049021202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54049021202?
Census tract 54049021202 in Monongah scores 3/10 (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 54049021202?
Median gross rent is $1,038/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54049021202?
6.6% of residents in tract 54049021202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,373.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54049021202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 63th, minority 2th, housing 26th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54049021202 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54049021202 compare to Monongah overall?
Tract 54049021202 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Monongah at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Monongah; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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