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Loudon Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charleston

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

Tract 54039001200 covers the Loudon Heights neighborhood of Charleston in West Virginia. Home to 1,881 residents, it scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 15th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $892 a month against an average household income of $45,953 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.9
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.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Loudon Heights
Very High
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 20 tracts In Charleston
Elevated
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 57 tracts In Kanawha County
High
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#161 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Elevated
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 4.9

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.
Loudon Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 001200Charleston: 3.03.0Charlestonparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Loudon Heights

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 5.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Charleston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kanawha County average of 4.3 and in line with the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 31% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 54039001200

Q1

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

Census tract 54039001200 in the Loudon Heights neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 54039001200?

Median gross rent is $892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

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.
Q4

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.
Q5

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).
Q6

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.
Q7

How does tract 54039001200 compare to Charleston overall?

Tract 54039001200 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Charleston at 3/10. 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.
Q8

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.

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