Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Nitro Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54079020500 · Putnam County, WV · pop 6,216 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Nitro
Tract 54079020500, home to 6,216 residents in Nitro, scores 4.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #56,092 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $649 monthly, set against $57,252 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,289
Renter share25.0%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate23.1%
Median income$57,252
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nitro and the region
Centroid at 38.4863, -81.7848 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nitro scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Nitro
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
23.1% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$649 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 13.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.6%Food insecurity
- 22.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 22.6%Frequent mental distress
- 40.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Nitro
What moves this score most 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 above the Putnam County average of 4.1 and above the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 62nd 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 54079020500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54079020500?
Census tract 54079020500 in Nitro scores 4.8/10 (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 54079020500?
Median gross rent is $649/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54079020500?
23.1% of residents in tract 54079020500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,216.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54079020500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 72th, minority 4th, housing 58th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54079020500 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 13.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54079020500 compare to Nitro overall?
Tract 54079020500 scores 4.8/10, 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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