Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 54029021100 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54029021100 · Hancock County, WV · pop 3,689
Here is how census tract 54029021100, in Hancock, looks to a landlord: a 3.7/10 eviction-risk score (Lower tier) across a population of 3,689. That is riskier than about 7% of US census tracts.
24% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $613 a month while the average household earns $72,857 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,650
Renter share15.2%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate16.4%
Median income$72,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hancock County and the region
Centroid at 40.5049, -80.5459 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 54029021100 scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
1.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$613 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 54029021100 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 54029021100
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by West Virginia eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Hancock County average of 4.1 and below the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 19th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 54029021100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54029021100?
Census tract 54029021100 in Hancock County scores 3.9/10 (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 54029021100?
Median gross rent is $613/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54029021100?
16.4% of residents in tract 54029021100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,689.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54029021100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 10th, minority 10th, housing 23th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54029021100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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