Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Loudon Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charleston

Tract 54039001200 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 1,881 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 54039001200 covers part of the Loudon Heights area of Charleston, WV, and scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,881 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

4.1

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 35% Owners 37%

Tract context

Occupied units715

Renter share62.8%

SVI overall0.74

Poverty rate20.7%

Median income$45,953

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Charleston and the region

Centroid at 38.3457, -81.6200 · click any tract to drill in

Why Loudon Heights scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Charleston

3.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.3

State political climate

West Virginia legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

20.7% poverty · this tract

5.2

Supply constraint

$892 rent vs county FMR

3.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Charleston

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Charleston

2.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Charleston

2.5

How Loudon Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

76%Socioeconomic
27%Household composition
57%Racial/ethnic minority
88%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
25%Grade B
17%Grade C
31%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Loudon Heights. 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.

22.5%Housing insecurity
21.2%Utility-shutoff threat
28.9%Food insecurity
32.2%SNAP enrollment
14.1%Transit barriers
10.2%No health insurance
24.0%Frequent mental distress
43.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Loudon Heights

The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. SNAP participation runs 32.2% against 15.2% nationally.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Cost burden runs 44% here against 36.9% across Kanawha County. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Kanawha County average of 3.9 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 54039001200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039001200?

Census tract 54039001200 in the Loudon Heights neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 54039001200?

Median gross rent is $892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54039001200?

20.7% of residents in tract 54039001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,881.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54039001200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 27th, minority 57th, housing 88th.

Is tract 54039001200 considered part of Loudon Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54039001200 fall within Loudon Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 54039001200 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.5% 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. 21.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54039001200 compare to Charleston overall?

Tract 54039001200 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Charleston at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Charleston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 54039001200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 31% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Charleston

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