Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Prichard Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54099020700 · Wayne County, WV · pop 3,725 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Prichard
In Prichard, census tract 54099020700 scores 4.2/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 15th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
35% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $820 a month while the average household earns $63,643 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,180
Renter share25.3%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate22.2%
Median income$63,643
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Prichard and the region
Centroid at 38.2139, -82.5496 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prichard scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Prichard
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
22.2% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$820 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Prichard
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Prichard
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Prichard
1.7
How Prichard compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 0%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.5%Food insecurity
- 20.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.7%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 22.4%Frequent mental distress
- 42.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Prichard
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.2/10. 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 Prichard, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Wayne County average of 4.6 and in line with the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 56th 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 54099020700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54099020700?
Census tract 54099020700 in Prichard scores 5/10 (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 54099020700?
Median gross rent is $820/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54099020700?
22.2% of residents in tract 54099020700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,725.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54099020700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 93th, minority 0th, housing 65th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54099020700 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54099020700 compare to Prichard overall?
Tract 54099020700 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Prichard at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Prichard; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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