Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 54003971204 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54003971204 · Berkeley County, WV · pop 2,983
Census tract 54003971204 runs through Berkeley. With 2,983 residents, it scores 3.2/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 3% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 16% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $924 monthly, set against $100,430 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,474
Renter share11.3%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$100,430
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley County and the region
Centroid at 39.5454, -78.1060 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 54003971204 scores 2.1
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
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$924 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 54003971204 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 54003971204
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $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 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 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 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 5th 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 54003971204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54003971204?
Census tract 54003971204 in Berkeley County scores 2.1/10 (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 54003971204?
Median gross rent is $924/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54003971204?
3.3% of residents in tract 54003971204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,983.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54003971204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 10th, minority 1th, housing 6th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54003971204 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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