Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Gay Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54099020800 · Wayne County, WV · pop 3,647 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Fort Gay
For landlords sizing up Fort Gay in Wayne County, census tract 54099020800 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 48% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $799 a month while the average household earns $40,928 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,403
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$40,928
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Gay and the region
Centroid at 38.0964, -82.5002 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Gay scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Gay
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$799 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Gay
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Gay
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Gay
8.6
How Fort Gay compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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.
- 17.3%Housing insecurity
- 15.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.1%Food insecurity
- 30.0%SNAP enrollment
- 12.9%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 25.5%Frequent mental distress
- 48.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fort Gay
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Fort Gay, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 62nd 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.7% 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 54099020800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54099020800?
Census tract 54099020800 in Fort Gay scores 5.9/10 (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 54099020800?
Median gross rent is $799/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54099020800?
28.0% of residents in tract 54099020800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,647.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54099020800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 48th, minority 7th, housing 68th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54099020800 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.3% 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. 15.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54099020800 compare to Fort Gay overall?
Tract 54099020800 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Gay at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Gay; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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