Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Hedgesville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54003971205 · Berkeley County, WV · pop 4,410 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Hedgesville
Tract 54003971205, home to 4,410 residents in Hedgesville in Berkeley County, scores 3.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #80,644 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 12% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,549 a month against an average household income of $87,882 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,641
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$87,882
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hedgesville and the region
Centroid at 39.5620, -77.9861 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hedgesville scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hedgesville
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,549 rent vs county FMR
7.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hedgesville
1.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hedgesville
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hedgesville
2.2
How Hedgesville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 22.2%Frequent mental distress
- 32.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hedgesville
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. 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 Hedgesville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Berkeley County average of 4.1 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 12.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 54003971205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54003971205?
Census tract 54003971205 in Hedgesville scores 2.3/10 (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 54003971205?
Median gross rent is $1,549/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54003971205?
7.3% of residents in tract 54003971205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,410.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54003971205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 17th, minority 11th, housing 18th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54003971205 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54003971205 compare to Hedgesville overall?
Tract 54003971205 scores 2.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Hedgesville at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hedgesville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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