Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Winfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54079020400 · Putnam County, WV · pop 6,958 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Winfield
54079020400 is a census tract in Winfield, WV. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,958 residents. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,501
Renter share16.0%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$82,068
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Winfield and the region
Centroid at 38.4879, -81.8792 · click any tract to drill in
Why Winfield scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Winfield
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,020 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Winfield
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Winfield
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Winfield
6.9
How Winfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Winfield
The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.5/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Running cool, regional political climate reads 2.9/10.
On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 2.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $82,068, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
roughly one in three of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Putnam County average of 3.6 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,020, close to the Winfield average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54079020400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54079020400?
Census tract 54079020400 in Winfield scores 3.7/10 (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 54079020400?
Median gross rent is $1,020/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54079020400?
11.4% of residents in tract 54079020400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,958.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54079020400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 15th, minority 4th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54079020400 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54079020400 compare to Winfield overall?
Tract 54079020400 scores 3.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Winfield at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Winfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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