Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Elkview Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54039011100 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 4,433 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Elkview
Census tract 54039011100 covers part of Elkview, WV, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,433 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,798
Renter share16.8%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$46,823
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elkview and the region
Centroid at 38.4774, -81.4851 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elkview scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elkview
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elkview
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elkview
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elkview
1.9
How Elkview compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.5%Food insecurity
- 21.0%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 22.7%Frequent mental distress
- 44.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elkview
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. 28% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Kanawha County average of 36.9%.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.3% against 31.5% nationally.
The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 17% 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.
Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the Kanawha County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent is $913, close to the Elkview average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $46,823.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039011100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039011100?
Census tract 54039011100 in Elkview scores 4.2/10 (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 54039011100?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54039011100?
17.6% of residents in tract 54039011100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,433.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039011100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 31th, minority 1th, housing 48th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54039011100 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54039011100 compare to Elkview overall?
Tract 54039011100 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Elkview at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elkview; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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