Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Nitro Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54039010602 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 2,536 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Nitro
Census tract 54039010602 belongs to Nitro in Kanawha County, West Virginia. It is home to 2,536 residents and scores 4.1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 13% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 20% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,140 a month against an average household income of $63,009 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
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
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nitro and the region
Centroid at 38.4049, -81.8083 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nitro scores 4.1
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 heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Nitro eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kanawha County average of 4.3 and in line with the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039010602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039010602?
Census tract 54039010602 in Nitro scores 4.1/10 (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 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 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Nitro at 3/10. 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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