Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Cheyenne Valley Eviction Risk: Lower , Teays Valley
Tract 54079020604 ·
Putnam County, WV · pop 2,820 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 54079020604 in the Cheyenne Valley area of Teays Valley, WV reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,820. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%Stable renters 16%Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,140
Renter share25.2%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$93,971
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Cheyenne Valley
Moderate
Within parent city
100th percentile
#1 of 4 tracts In Teays Valley
Very High
Within county
46th percentile
#7 of 12 tracts In Putnam County
Moderate
Within state
39th percentile
#333 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Teays Valley and the region
Centroid at 38.4429, -81.9630 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cheyenne Valley scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Teays Valley
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,126 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Teays Valley
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Teays Valley
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Teays Valley
4.3
How Cheyenne Valley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
25%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
14%Racial/ethnic minority
57%Housing & transportation
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.
9.3%Housing insecurity
8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
10.8%Food insecurity
11.3%SNAP enrollment
6.6%Transit barriers
5.9%No health insurance
18.7%Frequent mental distress
32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cheyenne Valley
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.
Cost burden runs 38% here against 32.7% across Putnam County. On the softer side, regional political climate reads 2.9/10.
Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.5/10. Against average income of $93,971, annual rent is just 14%.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Putnam County average of 3.6 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,126, close to the Teays Valley average. 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 54079020604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54079020604?
Census tract 54079020604 in the Cheyenne Valley neighborhood 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 54079020604?
Median gross rent is $1,126/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54079020604?
15.5% of residents in tract 54079020604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,820.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54079020604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 66th, minority 14th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 54079020604 considered part of Cheyenne Valley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54079020604 fall within Cheyenne Valley (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 54079020604 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 54079020604 compare to Teays Valley overall?
Tract 54079020604 scores 3.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Teays Valley at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Teays Valley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Teays Valley
Top eight tracts in Teays Valley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.