Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

North Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Wheeling

Tract 54069000300 · Ohio County, WV · pop 1,920 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 3.5/10, tract 54069000300 in the North Park area of Wheeling, WV reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,920 residents. Cost burden runs about one in five here against 46.2% across Ohio County.

Risk score

3.5

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 21% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units752

Renter share27.3%

SVI overall0.44

Poverty rate17.3%

Median income$63,333

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wheeling and the region

Centroid at 40.0896, -80.7075 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Park scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Wheeling

3.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.7

State political climate

West Virginia legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

17.3% poverty · this tract

4.3

Supply constraint

$900 rent vs county FMR

4.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Wheeling

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Wheeling

1.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Wheeling

2.5

How North Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

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

42%Socioeconomic
69%Household composition
20%Racial/ethnic minority
41%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

2%Grade A
0%Grade B
8%Grade C
7%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within North Park. 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.

11.2%Housing insecurity
10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
13.1%Food insecurity
14.3%SNAP enrollment
7.9%Transit barriers
6.6%No health insurance
20.3%Frequent mental distress
35.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Park

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $900, 13% above the Wheeling average.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Wheeling. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $63,333, annual rent is just 17%. It tracks the Ohio County average of 3.6 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 54069000300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54069000300?

Census tract 54069000300 in the North Park neighborhood 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 54069000300?

Median gross rent is $900/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54069000300?

17.3% of residents in tract 54069000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,920.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54069000300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 69th, minority 20th, housing 41th.

Is tract 54069000300 considered part of North Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54069000300 fall within North Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 54069000300 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.2% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54069000300 compare to Wheeling overall?

Tract 54069000300 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Wheeling at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wheeling eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 54069000300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 7% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wheeling

Top eight tracts in Wheeling ranked by composite eviction-risk score.