Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 54003971203 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54003971203 · Berkeley County, WV · pop 3,512
Census tract 54003971203 covers Berkeley in Berkeley County, home to 3,512 residents. For landlords it grades 3.8/10, a lower reading. It lands near the 8th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 25% of renter households, a moderate level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,289 a month against an average household income of $82,292 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,281
Renter share6.2%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$82,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley County and the region
Centroid at 39.5511, -78.0484 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 54003971203 scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
1.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,289 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 54003971203 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 12.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 54003971203
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 5.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by West Virginia eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th 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 54003971203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54003971203?
Census tract 54003971203 in Berkeley County scores 2.8/10 (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 54003971203?
Median gross rent is $1,289/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54003971203?
9.3% of residents in tract 54003971203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,512.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54003971203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 51th, minority 2th, housing 21th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54003971203 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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