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Guyandotte Eviction Risk: Moderate , Huntington

Tract 54011000300 · Cabell County, WV · pop 2,582 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 54011000300 in the Guyandotte area of Huntington, WV reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,582. Severe burden reaches 64%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 11% Owners 53%

Tract context

Occupied units1,129

Renter share46.9%

SVI overall0.73

Poverty rate27.6%

Median income$33,064

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington and the region

Centroid at 38.4325, -82.4081 · click any tract to drill in

Why Guyandotte scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Huntington

3.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.1

State political climate

West Virginia legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

27.6% poverty · this tract

6.9

Supply constraint

$869 rent vs county FMR

4.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Huntington

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Huntington

2.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Huntington

3.0

How Guyandotte compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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

86%Socioeconomic
56%Household composition
27%Racial/ethnic minority
61%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

14%Grade A
10%Grade B
23%Grade C
2%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

15.2%Housing insecurity
15.3%Utility-shutoff threat
21.4%Food insecurity
25.6%SNAP enrollment
12.3%Transit barriers
9.5%No health insurance
23.3%Frequent mental distress
44.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Guyandotte

Against Cabell County at 48.2%, 78% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Disability prevalence runs 44.0% against 31.5% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 25.6% against 15.2% nationally. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Cabell County average of 3.8.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Huntington. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the WV average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 54011000300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54011000300?

Census tract 54011000300 in the Guyandotte neighborhood 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.

What is the average rent in tract 54011000300?

Median gross rent is $869/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54011000300?

27.6% of residents in tract 54011000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,582.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54011000300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 56th, minority 27th, housing 61th.

Is tract 54011000300 considered part of Guyandotte?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54011000300 fall within Guyandotte (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 54011000300 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.2% 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.

How does tract 54011000300 compare to Huntington overall?

Tract 54011000300 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Huntington at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Huntington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 54011000300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 2% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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