Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Fairmont Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 54049020600 · Marion County, WV · pop 1,916 · 70% of tract blocks fall in Fairmont

54049020600 is a census tract in Fairmont, WV. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,916 residents. Severe burden reaches 46%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

3.3

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 12% Owners 75%

Tract context

Occupied units754

Renter share25.3%

SVI overall0.25

Poverty rate5.8%

Median income$68,571

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fairmont and the region

Centroid at 39.5170, -80.1581 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairmont scores 3.3

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

5.8% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$866 rent vs county FMR

3.6

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 Fairmont compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

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

49%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
18%Racial/ethnic minority
32%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.

10.0%Housing insecurity
8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
11.0%Food insecurity
10.9%SNAP enrollment
6.8%Transit barriers
6.2%No health insurance
20.5%Frequent mental distress
32.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fairmont

Against Marion County at 37.8%, about half of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.5/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10.

Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $68,571, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the Marion County average of 3.7 closely. Average gross rent is $866, close to the Fairmont average.

25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 54049020600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54049020600?

Census tract 54049020600 in Fairmont scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 54049020600?

Median gross rent is $866/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54049020600?

5.8% of residents in tract 54049020600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,916.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54049020600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 8th, minority 18th, housing 32th.

What share of households in tract 54049020600 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54049020600 compare to Fairmont overall?

Tract 54049020600 scores 3.3/10, 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.