Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Shank Town Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wellsburg
Tract 54009031402 · Brooke County, WV · pop 2,715 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 54009031402 sits in the Shank Town area of Wellsburg, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. Population here is 2,715. Against Brooke County at 35.7%, 17% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,076
Renter share20.8%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate19.1%
Median income$62,232
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wellsburg and the region
Centroid at 40.2872, -80.5891 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shank Town scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wellsburg
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
19.1% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wellsburg
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wellsburg
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wellsburg
5.9
How Shank Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Shank Town. 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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 16.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 39.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shank Town
The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.8/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, regional political climate reads 2.8/10.
Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 3.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Brooke County average of 3.6 closely.
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 54009031402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54009031402?
Census tract 54009031402 in the Shank Town neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 54009031402?
19.1% of residents in tract 54009031402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,715.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 54009031402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 84th, minority 1th, housing 17th.
Q4
Is tract 54009031402 considered part of Shank Town?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54009031402 fall within Shank Town (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 54009031402 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54009031402 compare to Wellsburg overall?
Tract 54009031402 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Wellsburg at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wellsburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wellsburg
Top eight tracts in Wellsburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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