Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Winfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54079020400 · Putnam County, WV · pop 6,958 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Winfield
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 54079020400 (Winfield, West Virginia) comes in at 4.3/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 17th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,020 a month against an average household income of $82,068 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
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
82
th percentile
High
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
39
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 3.4
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 score leans hardest on housing court bias at 6.9/10. 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 Winfield eviction risk, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 54079020400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54079020400?
Census tract 54079020400 in Winfield scores 3.4/10 (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 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Winfield at 2.8/10. 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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