Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Hepzibah Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54033030801 · Harrison County, WV · pop 1,802 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Hepzibah
Census tract 54033030801 covers part of Hepzibah, WV, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,802 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units784
Renter share42.3%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate24.8%
Median income$59,265
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hepzibah and the region
Centroid at 39.3196, -80.3072 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hepzibah scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hepzibah
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
24.8% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,153 rent vs county FMR
7.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hepzibah
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hepzibah
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hepzibah
1.8
How Hepzibah compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.9%Food insecurity
- 21.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 22.1%Frequent mental distress
- 39.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hepzibah
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The voucher gap is 21.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against the Harrison County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 4.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. 32% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,153, close to the Hepzibah average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $59,265. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54033030801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54033030801?
Census tract 54033030801 in Hepzibah 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 54033030801?
Median gross rent is $1,153/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54033030801?
24.8% of residents in tract 54033030801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,802.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54033030801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 57th, minority 13th, housing 50th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54033030801 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54033030801 compare to Hepzibah overall?
Tract 54033030801 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Hepzibah at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hepzibah; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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