Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Crum Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54099021000 · Wayne County, WV · pop 2,523 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Crum
Tract 54099021000 sits in Crum, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. SNAP participation runs 40.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
5.9
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
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very 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 5.9
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
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. Cost burden runs 22% here against 35.5% across Wayne County.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.1/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10.
Against the Wayne County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Food insecurity runs 31.7% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10. Statewide the WV average is 3.8, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54099021000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54099021000?
Census tract 54099021000 in Crum 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 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 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Crum at 4.6/10. 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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