Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Crum Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54099021000 · Wayne County, WV · pop 2,523 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Crum
In Crum, census tract 54099021000 scores 3.8/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 8% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 22% of renter households, a moderate level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $773 a month against an average household income of $41,833 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,028
Renter share16.2%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate25.0%
Median income$41,833
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Crum and the region
Centroid at 37.9597, -82.3580 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crum scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Crum
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
25.0% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$773 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Crum
1.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Crum
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Crum
1.8
How Crum compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 0%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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.
- 20.4%Housing insecurity
- 19.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.7%Food insecurity
- 40.1%SNAP enrollment
- 15.6%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 26.4%Frequent mental distress
- 53.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Crum
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Crum, 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 below 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 20.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 53rd 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 54099021000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54099021000?
Census tract 54099021000 in Crum scores 5.4/10 (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 54099021000?
Median gross rent is $773/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54099021000?
25.0% of residents in tract 54099021000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,523.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54099021000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 14th, minority 0th, housing 50th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54099021000 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.4% 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. 19.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54099021000 compare to Crum overall?
Tract 54099021000 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Crum at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Crum; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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