Charleston Eviction Risk: Moderate

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $620, 32% below the Charleston average.

21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Disability prevalence runs 45.0% against 31.5% nationally.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. SNAP participation runs 22.4% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.7 points above the Kanawha County average of 3.9.

Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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