Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Somervilla Eviction Risk: Lower , Blennerhassett
Tract 54107010902 · Wood County, WV · pop 3,939 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 54107010902 belongs to the Somervilla area of Blennerhassett, West Virginia. It is home to 3,939 residents and scores $1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 37% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $691 a month while the average household earns $70,857 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,438
Renter share21.5%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate16.9%
Median income$70,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Blennerhassett and the region
Centroid at 39.2616, -81.6183 · click any tract to drill in
Why Somervilla scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Blennerhassett
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
16.9% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$691 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blennerhassett
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blennerhassett
2.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blennerhassett
6.9
How Somervilla 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.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 14.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Somervilla
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk 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 Blennerhassett eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Wood County average of 4.0 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 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% 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 54107010902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54107010902?
Census tract 54107010902 in the Somervilla neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 54107010902?
Median gross rent is $691/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54107010902?
16.9% of residents in tract 54107010902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,939.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54107010902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 80th, minority 11th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 54107010902 considered part of Somervilla?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54107010902 fall within Somervilla (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 54107010902 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 54107010902 compare to Blennerhassett overall?
Tract 54107010902 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Blennerhassett at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blennerhassett eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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