Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Buffalo Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54079020200 · Putnam County, WV · pop 5,000 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Buffalo
Census tract 54079020200 covers Buffalo, home to 5,000 residents. For landlords it grades 4.1/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 13th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
34% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $869 a month against an average household income of $74,963 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,103
Renter share16.3%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$74,963
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buffalo and the region
Centroid at 38.5988, -81.9262 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buffalo scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Buffalo
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$869 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Buffalo
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Buffalo
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Buffalo
6.2
How Buffalo compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.8%Food insecurity
- 16.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 38.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buffalo
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 6.2/10. 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 Buffalo, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Putnam County average of 4.1 and in line with 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 11.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 54079020200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54079020200?
Census tract 54079020200 in Buffalo scores 3.8/10 (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 54079020200?
Median gross rent is $869/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54079020200?
13.7% of residents in tract 54079020200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,000.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54079020200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 46th, minority 6th, housing 63th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54079020200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54079020200 compare to Buffalo overall?
Tract 54079020200 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Buffalo at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buffalo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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