Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Bancroft Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54079020100 · Putnam County, WV · pop 5,664 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Bancroft
Tract 54079020100 sits in Bancroft, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. It is home to 5,664 residents. Against Putnam County at 32.7%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,231
Renter share7.0%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$57,216
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bancroft and the region
Centroid at 38.6039, -81.8045 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bancroft scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bancroft
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,062 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bancroft
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bancroft
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bancroft
6.2
How Bancroft compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 16.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 21.4%Frequent mental distress
- 38.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bancroft
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.8/10. At $1,062 a month, rents run 26% over what the rest of Bancroft commands. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.3/10. It sits 0.6 points above the Putnam County average of 3.6. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 7% 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 3.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $57,216.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54079020100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54079020100?
Census tract 54079020100 in Bancroft scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 54079020100?
Median gross rent is $1,062/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54079020100?
12.7% of residents in tract 54079020100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,664.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54079020100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 23th, minority 1th, housing 37th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54079020100 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54079020100 compare to Bancroft overall?
Tract 54079020100 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Bancroft at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bancroft; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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