Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Martinsburg Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54003972002 · Berkeley County, WV · pop 3,207 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Martinsburg
Census tract 54003972002 covers part of Martinsburg, WV, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. 49% 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
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,256
Renter share19.4%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate21.5%
Median income$65,278
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Martinsburg and the region
Centroid at 39.4354, -77.9481 · click any tract to drill in
Why Martinsburg scores 4.8
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
21.5% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,273 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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.
- 18.2%Housing insecurity
- 15.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.0%Food insecurity
- 23.1%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 24.9%Frequent mental distress
- 39.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Martinsburg
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Against Berkeley County at 39.5%, about half of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.
Against the Berkeley County average of 3.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
SNAP participation runs 23.1% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $1,273, 11% above the Martinsburg average.
On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 19% 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.
Social vulnerability reads 5.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 54003972002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54003972002?
Census tract 54003972002 in Martinsburg scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 54003972002?
Median gross rent is $1,273/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54003972002?
21.5% of residents in tract 54003972002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,207.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54003972002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 25th, minority 15th, housing 75th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54003972002 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.2% 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. 15.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54003972002 compare to Martinsburg overall?
Tract 54003972002 scores 4.8/10, higher 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.
Related