Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Palatine Eviction Risk: Lower , Fairmont

Tract 54049020300 · Marion County, WV · pop 3,902 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Tract 54049020300 sits in the Palatine area of Fairmont eviction risk, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. It is home to 3,902 residents. The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.8/10.

Risk score

3.7

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 19% Owners 68%

Tract context

Occupied units1,739

Renter share32.3%

SVI overall0.31

Poverty rate9.6%

Median income$66,531

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fairmont and the region

Centroid at 39.4732, -80.1635 · click any tract to drill in

Why Palatine scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Fairmont

4.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.6

State political climate

West Virginia legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

9.6% poverty · this tract

2.4

Supply constraint

$952 rent vs county FMR

4.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Fairmont

5.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Fairmont

7.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Fairmont

6.4

How Palatine compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

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

34%Socioeconomic
25%Household composition
11%Racial/ethnic minority
53%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Palatine. 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.

10.0%Housing insecurity
8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
11.6%Food insecurity
11.9%SNAP enrollment
7.0%Transit barriers
6.5%No health insurance
19.6%Frequent mental distress
33.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Palatine

Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Against average income of $66,531, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Marion County average of 3.7 closely. Average gross rent is $952, close to the Fairmont average. 32% 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 54049020300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54049020300?

Census tract 54049020300 in the Palatine neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 54049020300?

Median gross rent is $952/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54049020300?

9.6% of residents in tract 54049020300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,902.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54049020300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 25th, minority 11th, housing 53th.

Is tract 54049020300 considered part of Palatine?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54049020300 fall within Palatine (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 54049020300 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.0% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54049020300 compare to Fairmont overall?

Tract 54049020300 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Fairmont at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fairmont eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fairmont

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