Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
South Charleston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54039012301 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 4,433 · 11% of tract blocks fall in South Charleston
Tract 54039012301 sits in South Charleston eviction risk, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. It is home to 4,433 residents. The clearest offset is state political climate at 1.8/10.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,586
Renter share13.7%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$55,594
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Charleston and the region
Centroid at 38.2562, -81.7406 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Charleston scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Charleston
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$744 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Charleston
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Charleston
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Charleston
7.1
How South Charleston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.2%Food insecurity
- 16.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 21.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Charleston
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.1/10.
At $744 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of South Charleston commands. That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.1/10. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $55,594, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for around a third of renters. It tracks the Kanawha County average of 3.9 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039012301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039012301?
Census tract 54039012301 in South Charleston 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 54039012301?
Median gross rent is $744/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54039012301?
16.1% of residents in tract 54039012301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,433.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039012301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 22th, minority 5th, housing 49th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54039012301 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54039012301 compare to South Charleston overall?
Tract 54039012301 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of South Charleston at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Charleston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in South Charleston
Top eight tracts in South Charleston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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