Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Highlawn Eviction Risk: Lower , St. Albans
Tract 54039013300 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 2,631 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 54039013300 runs through Highlawn in St. Albans. With 2,631 residents, it scores 3.5/10 for landlords. It lands near the 5th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $77,447 a year. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units999
Renter share8.8%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$77,447
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Albans and the region
Centroid at 38.3681, -81.8104 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highlawn scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Albans
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Albans
1.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Albans
2.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Albans
2.1
How Highlawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highlawn
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. 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 St. Albans eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Kanawha County average of 4.3 and below the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 5th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039013300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039013300?
Census tract 54039013300 in the Highlawn neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 54039013300?
1.8% of residents in tract 54039013300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,631.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039013300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 35th, minority 9th, housing 9th.
Q4
Is tract 54039013300 considered part of Highlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54039013300 fall within Highlawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 54039013300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54039013300 compare to St. Albans overall?
Tract 54039013300 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of St. Albans at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Albans eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in St. Albans
Top eight tracts in St. Albans ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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