Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 54003971302 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54003971302 · Berkeley County, WV · pop 4,402
Berkeley anchors census tract 54003971302, which lands at 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 8% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,543 a month while the average household earns $90,357 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,536
Renter share22.1%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$90,357
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley County and the region
Centroid at 39.5017, -77.9216 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 54003971302 scores 2.6
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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,543 rent vs county FMR
7.8
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 54003971302 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.2%Food insecurity
- 14.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 21.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 54003971302
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 7.8/10. 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 20th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 54003971302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54003971302?
Census tract 54003971302 in Berkeley County scores 2.6/10 (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 54003971302?
Median gross rent is $1,543/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54003971302?
7.9% of residents in tract 54003971302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,402.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54003971302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 40th, minority 24th, housing 22th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54003971302 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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