Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Bancroft Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54079020100 · Putnam County, WV · pop 5,664 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Bancroft
In Bancroft in Putnam County, census tract 54079020100 scores 4.8/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 30% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,062 monthly, set against $57,216 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
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
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bancroft and the region
Centroid at 38.6039, -81.8045 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bancroft scores 3.3
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
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.3/10. 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 Bancroft, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Putnam County average of 4.1 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 11.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 54079020100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54079020100?
Census tract 54079020100 in Bancroft scores 3.3/10 (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 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 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Bancroft at 2.6/10. 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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