Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Weirton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54009031104 · Brooke County, WV · pop 2,144 · 41% of tract blocks fall in Weirton
Tract 54009031104 sits in Weirton eviction risk, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 2,144 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
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.Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
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
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally.
Cost burden runs 40% here against 35.7% across Brooke County. Against the Brooke County average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $57,753, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent is $720, close to the Weirton average. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 54009031104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54009031104?
Census tract 54009031104 in Weirton scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
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.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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.
Q6
How does tract 54009031104 compare to Weirton overall?
Tract 54009031104 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Weirton at 3.2/10. 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.
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