Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Martinsburg Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54003971902 · Berkeley County, WV · pop 5,023 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Martinsburg
54003971902 is a census tract in Martinsburg, WV. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,023. 37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,817
Renter share17.2%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$86,845
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Martinsburg and the region
Centroid at 39.4265, -78.0213 · click any tract to drill in
Why Martinsburg scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Martinsburg
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,309 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Martinsburg
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Martinsburg
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Martinsburg
2.5
How Martinsburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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.
- 14.1%Housing insecurity
- 12.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.9%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 21.8%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Martinsburg
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Cost burden runs 50% here against 39.5% across Berkeley County. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. At $1,309 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Martinsburg commands. Against the Berkeley County average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 17% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.9/10. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $86,845.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54003971902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54003971902?
Census tract 54003971902 in Martinsburg scores 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 54003971902?
Median gross rent is $1,309/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54003971902?
9.6% of residents in tract 54003971902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,023.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54003971902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 50th, minority 31th, housing 50th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54003971902 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.1% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54003971902 compare to Martinsburg overall?
Tract 54003971902 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Martinsburg at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Martinsburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Martinsburg
Top eight tracts in Martinsburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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