Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Blacksville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54061011400 · Monongalia County, WV · pop 2,915 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Blacksville
With a score of 3.6/10, tract 54061011400 in Blacksville ranks in the Lower tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,915 residents. It lands near the 6th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $970 monthly, set against $90,625 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,148
Renter share7.3%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$90,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Very Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Blacksville and the region
Centroid at 39.6580, -80.2772 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blacksville scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Blacksville
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$970 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blacksville
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blacksville
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blacksville
1.2
How Blacksville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 0%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blacksville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 4.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Blacksville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Monongalia County average of 4.7 and below the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 54061011400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54061011400?
Census tract 54061011400 in Blacksville scores 3.2/10 (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 54061011400?
Median gross rent is $970/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54061011400?
7.2% of residents in tract 54061011400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,915.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54061011400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 19th, minority 0th, housing 12th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54061011400 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54061011400 compare to Blacksville overall?
Tract 54061011400 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Blacksville at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blacksville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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