Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

North Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wheeling

Tract 54069000400 · Ohio County, WV · pop 906 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 54069000400 sits in North Park in Wheeling eviction risk, West Virginia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $618 monthly, set against $26,806 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 71% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 36% Owners 30%

Tract context

Occupied units567

Renter share70.5%

SVI overall0.72

Poverty rate37.4%

Median income$26,806

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wheeling and the region

Centroid at 40.0873, -80.7198 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Park scores 5.5

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

37.4% poverty · this tract

9.4

Supply constraint

$618 rent vs county FMR

1.5

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: 72

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

95%Socioeconomic
61%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
32%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
16%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.

18.8%Housing insecurity
18.1%Utility-shutoff threat
27.3%Food insecurity
34.0%SNAP enrollment
14.3%Transit barriers
11.6%No health insurance
24.0%Frequent mental distress
49.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Park

What moves this score most is economic stress at 9.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wheeling eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Ohio County average of 4.2 and above the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 18.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 16% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 54069000400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54069000400?

Census tract 54069000400 in the North Park neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 54069000400?

Median gross rent is $618/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54069000400?

37.4% of residents in tract 54069000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 906.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54069000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 61th, minority 33th, housing 32th.

Is tract 54069000400 considered part of North Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54069000400 fall within North Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 54069000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.8% 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. 18.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54069000400 compare to Wheeling overall?

Tract 54069000400 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Wheeling at 3.1/10. 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 54069000400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 16% 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.