Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Sissonville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 54039010804 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 2,925 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Sissonville

54039010804 is a census tract in Sissonville, WV. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,925 residents. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

4.2

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 14% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units954

Renter share27.1%

SVI overall0.70

Poverty rate19.1%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sissonville and the region

Centroid at 38.5493, -81.7030 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sissonville scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Sissonville

4.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.3

State political climate

West Virginia legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

19.1% poverty · this tract

4.8

Supply constraint

$917 rent vs county FMR

3.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Sissonville

8.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Sissonville

6.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Sissonville

8.0

How Sissonville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

43%Socioeconomic
84%Household composition
0%Racial/ethnic minority
95%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.

13.0%Housing insecurity
11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
18.4%Food insecurity
19.6%SNAP enrollment
8.8%Transit barriers
8.3%No health insurance
21.2%Frequent mental distress
44.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sissonville

roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Kanawha County average of 36.9%. The clearest offset is state political climate at 1.8/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.

Disability prevalence runs 44.4% against 31.5% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Average gross rent is $917, 15% above the Sissonville average. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 7.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Kanawha County average of 3.9 closely.

27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 54039010804

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039010804?

Census tract 54039010804 in Sissonville 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.

What is the average rent in tract 54039010804?

Median gross rent is $917/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54039010804?

19.1% of residents in tract 54039010804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,925.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54039010804?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 84th, minority 0th, housing 95th.

What share of households in tract 54039010804 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.0% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54039010804 compare to Sissonville overall?

Tract 54039010804 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Sissonville at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sissonville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sissonville

Top eight tracts in Sissonville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.