Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally

Weirton Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 54009031104 · Brooke County, WV · pop 2,144 · 41% of tract blocks fall in Weirton

Census tract 54009031104 sits in Weirton eviction risk, West Virginia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.5/10. It lands near the 5th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $720 a month against an average household income of $57,753 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 20% Owners 66%

Tract context

Occupied units1,027

Renter share33.9%

SVI overall0.34

Poverty rate7.1%

Median income$57,753

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Weirton and the region

Centroid at 40.3718, -80.5589 · click any tract to drill in

Why Weirton scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Weirton

2.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

2.8

State political climate

West Virginia legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

7.1% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$720 rent vs county FMR

3.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Weirton

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Weirton

1.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Weirton

2.0

How Weirton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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

23%Socioeconomic
57%Household composition
10%Racial/ethnic minority
55%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.

8.2%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
9.9%Food insecurity
9.7%SNAP enrollment
5.9%Transit barriers
6.0%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
34.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Weirton

What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Weirton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 34th 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.

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 54009031104

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54009031104?

Census tract 54009031104 in Weirton scores 3.6/10 (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 54009031104?

Median gross rent is $720/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54009031104?

7.1% of residents in tract 54009031104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,144.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54009031104?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 57th, minority 10th, housing 55th.

What share of households in tract 54009031104 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.2% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54009031104 compare to Weirton overall?

Tract 54009031104 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Weirton at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Weirton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Weirton

Top eight tracts in Weirton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.