Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

South Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Charleston

Tract 54039000900 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 1,127 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 4.6/10, tract 54039000900 in the South Hills area of Charleston, WV reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,127. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 51% Owners 13%

Tract context

Occupied units736

Renter share86.7%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate55.3%

Median income$16,164

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Charleston and the region

Centroid at 38.3515, -81.6353 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Hills scores 4.6

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

55.3% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$374 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 South Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

96%Socioeconomic
80%Household composition
56%Racial/ethnic minority
99%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
2%Grade B
4%Grade C
40%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 South Hills. 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.

26.8%Housing insecurity
28.1%Utility-shutoff threat
41.7%Food insecurity
51.5%SNAP enrollment
20.2%Transit barriers
14.0%No health insurance
25.1%Frequent mental distress
57.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Hills

Average gross rent is $374, 59% below the Charleston average. SNAP participation runs 51.5% against 15.2% nationally. Disability prevalence runs 57.3% against 31.5% nationally.

The poverty rate is 55%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is renter territory: 87% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. 41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Kanawha County average of 36.9%.

Against the Kanawha County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Charleston. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 54039000900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039000900?

Census tract 54039000900 in the South Hills neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 54039000900?

Median gross rent is $374/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54039000900?

55.3% of residents in tract 54039000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,127.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54039000900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 80th, minority 56th, housing 99th.

Is tract 54039000900 considered part of South Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54039000900 fall within South Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 54039000900 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.8% 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. 28.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54039000900 compare to Charleston overall?

Tract 54039000900 scores 4.6/10, 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 54039000900 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. 40% 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.

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