Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Wayne Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54099020600 · Wayne County, WV · pop 4,880 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Wayne
With a score of 5.5/10, tract 54099020600 in Wayne ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,880 residents. On the national scale it ranks #37,828 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
50% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,009 monthly, set against $48,846 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,720
Renter share17.5%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$48,846
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wayne and the region
Centroid at 38.2731, -82.4778 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayne scores 4.7
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
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,009 rent vs county FMR
5.4
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: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 0%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.2%Food insecurity
- 18.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 21.7%Frequent mental distress
- 42.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wayne
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Wayne, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Wayne County average of 4.6 and above 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 12.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 50th 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 54099020600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54099020600?
Census tract 54099020600 in Wayne scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 54099020600?
Median gross rent is $1,009/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54099020600?
14.4% of residents in tract 54099020600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,880.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54099020600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 50th, minority 0th, housing 53th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54099020600 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54099020600 compare to Wayne overall?
Tract 54099020600 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Wayne at 2.9/10. 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.
Related