Palatine Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fairmont

Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is state political climate at 1.8/10.

The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Marion County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Food insecurity runs 26.2% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $791, 14% below the Fairmont average. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $56,354, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the WV average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.