Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Wayne Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54099020500 · Wayne County, WV · pop 4,509 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Wayne
54099020500 is a census tract in Wayne, WV. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,758
Renter share15.6%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$60,144
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wayne and the region
Centroid at 38.2638, -82.3803 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayne scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wayne
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$854 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wayne
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wayne
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wayne
8.7
How Wayne compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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.
- 11.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.3%Food insecurity
- 15.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 39.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wayne
Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.9/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10.
41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Wayne County average of 35.5%. Average gross rent is $854, 8% above the Wayne average.
That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $60,144, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
It tracks the Wayne County average of 4.3 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54099020500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54099020500?
Census tract 54099020500 in Wayne 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 54099020500?
Median gross rent is $854/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54099020500?
10.2% of residents in tract 54099020500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,509.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54099020500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 54th, minority 6th, housing 70th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54099020500 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54099020500 compare to Wayne overall?
Tract 54099020500 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Wayne at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wayne; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wayne
Top eight tracts in Wayne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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