Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Nitro Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54039010602 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 2,536 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Nitro
54039010602 is a census tract in Nitro, WV. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,536. Cost burden runs 20% here against 36.9% across Kanawha County.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units982
Renter share33.6%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$63,009
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nitro and the region
Centroid at 38.4049, -81.8083 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nitro scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Nitro
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,140 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Nitro
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Nitro
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Nitro
6.0
How Nitro compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.7%Food insecurity
- 17.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 40.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Nitro
The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.
Average gross rent is $1,140, 20% above the Nitro average. On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Nitro eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Kanawha County average of 3.9 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $63,009. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 54039010602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039010602?
Census tract 54039010602 in Nitro scores 3.6/10 (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 average rent in tract 54039010602?
Median gross rent is $1,140/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54039010602?
14.4% of residents in tract 54039010602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,536.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039010602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 20th, minority 11th, housing 55th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54039010602 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54039010602 compare to Nitro overall?
Tract 54039010602 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Nitro at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Nitro eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Nitro
Top eight tracts in Nitro ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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