Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Highlawn Eviction Risk: Lower , St. Albans
Tract 54039013300 · Kanawha County, WV · pop 2,631 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 54039013300 covers part of the Highlawn area of St. Albans, WV, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,631 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units999
Renter share8.8%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$77,447
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Albans and the region
Centroid at 38.3681, -81.8104 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highlawn scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Albans
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Albans
1.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Albans
2.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Albans
2.1
How Highlawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highlawn
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.2/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10.
Against the Kanawha County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 9% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.4/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 34% of renters.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54039013300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54039013300?
Census tract 54039013300 in the Highlawn neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 54039013300?
1.8% of residents in tract 54039013300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,631.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 54039013300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 35th, minority 9th, housing 9th.
Q4
Is tract 54039013300 considered part of Highlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54039013300 fall within Highlawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 54039013300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54039013300 compare to St. Albans overall?
Tract 54039013300 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of St. Albans at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Albans eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in St. Albans
Top eight tracts in St. Albans ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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