Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally

Bethany Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 54009031600 · Brooke County, WV · pop 3,999 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Bethany

Census tract 54009031600 covers Bethany, home to 3,999 residents. For landlords it grades 3.3/10, a lower reading. On the national scale it ranks #81,261 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 24% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $502 monthly, set against $62,452 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

2.7

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 12% Owners 84%

Tract context

Occupied units1,260

Renter share15.5%

SVI overall0.27

Poverty rate4.9%

Median income$62,452

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bethany and the region

Centroid at 40.2309, -80.5631 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bethany scores 2.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Bethany

3.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

2.8

State political climate

West Virginia legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

4.9% poverty · this tract

1.2

Supply constraint

$502 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Bethany

2.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Bethany

6.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Bethany

3.2

How Bethany compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

32%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
23%Racial/ethnic minority
48%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.

9.3%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
11.1%Food insecurity
10.8%SNAP enrollment
7.0%Transit barriers
6.2%No health insurance
20.0%Frequent mental distress
33.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bethany

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.1/10. 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 inherited from Bethany, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Brooke County average of 3.8 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 27th 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 9.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.1% 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 54009031600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54009031600?

Census tract 54009031600 in Bethany scores 2.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 54009031600?

Median gross rent is $502/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54009031600?

4.9% of residents in tract 54009031600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,999.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54009031600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 15th, minority 23th, housing 48th.

What share of households in tract 54009031600 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.3% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54009031600 compare to Bethany overall?

Tract 54009031600 scores 2.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Bethany at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bethany; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.