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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Woodsdale Eviction Risk: Lower , Wheeling

Tract 54069001500 · Ohio County, WV · pop 2,668 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 54069001500 covers part of the Woodsdale area of Wheeling, WV, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,668. 35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 16% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,148
Renter share34.7%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$66,042

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Woodsdale
Moderate
Within parent city
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 16 tracts In Wheeling
Low
Within county
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 18 tracts In Ohio County
Very Low
Within state
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#391 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wheeling and the region

Centroid at 40.0854, -80.6843 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodsdale scores 3

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
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,000 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 Woodsdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodsdale risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0015003.2Wheelingparent city3.6Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woodsdale

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. At $1,000 a month, rents run 26% over what the rest of Wheeling commands.

55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Ohio County average of 46.2%. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.6 points below the Ohio County average of 3.6. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $66,042.

35% 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 54069001500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54069001500?

Census tract 54069001500 in the Woodsdale neighborhood 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 54069001500?

Median gross rent is $1,000/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 54069001500?

11.1% of residents in tract 54069001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,668.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 54069001500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 60th, minority 11th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 54069001500 considered part of Woodsdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54069001500 fall within Woodsdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 54069001500 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 54069001500 compare to Wheeling overall?

Tract 54069001500 scores 3/10, right in line with 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.
Q8

Was tract 54069001500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 2% 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.

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