Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Weirton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54029021400 · Hancock County, WV · pop 3,832
With a score of 3.1/10, tract 54029021400 in Weirton, WV reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,555
Renter share25.1%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$56,108
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Weirton and the region
Centroid at 40.4263, -80.5907 · click any tract to drill in
Why Weirton scores 3.1
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
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$928 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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.
- 13.2%Housing insecurity
- 12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.1%Food insecurity
- 19.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 41.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Weirton
Against Hancock County at 37.4%, 26% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. At $928 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of Weirton commands.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Against the Hancock County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
On the national scale it lands near the 22nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $56,108. 25% 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 54029021400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54029021400?
Census tract 54029021400 in Weirton scores 3.1/10 (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 54029021400?
Median gross rent is $928/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54029021400?
12.5% of residents in tract 54029021400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,832.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54029021400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 95th, minority 11th, housing 62th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54029021400 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.2% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54029021400 compare to Weirton overall?
Tract 54029021400 scores 3.1/10, 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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