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Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

West Huntington Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 54011001000 · Cabell County, WV · pop 2,159 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 54011001000 sits in the West Huntington area of Huntington eviction risk, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. It is home to 2,159 residents. Severe burden reaches 46%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 21% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,017
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate22.8%
Median income$35,530

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In West Huntington
Moderate
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 23 tracts In Huntington
Moderate
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 34 tracts In Cabell County
Elevated
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#132 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington and the region

Centroid at 38.4088, -82.4894 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Huntington scores 4.4

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
22.8% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$674 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 West Huntington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Huntington risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 0010003.4Huntingtonparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Huntington

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Cost burden runs 57% here against 48.2% across Cabell County. At $674 a month, rents run 26% under what the rest of Huntington commands. Disability prevalence runs 45.6% against 31.5% nationally.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Cabell County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points. 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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 54011001000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54011001000?

Census tract 54011001000 in the West Huntington neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 average rent in tract 54011001000?

Median gross rent is $674/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 54011001000?

22.8% of residents in tract 54011001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,159.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 54011001000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 68th, minority 14th, housing 55th.
Q5

Is tract 54011001000 considered part of West Huntington?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54011001000 fall within West Huntington (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 54011001000 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.3% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 54011001000 compare to Huntington overall?

Tract 54011001000 scores 4.4/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 54011001000 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. 0% 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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Top eight tracts in Huntington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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