Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Fairmont Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54049021100 ·
Marion County, WV · pop 2,976 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Fairmont
54049021100 is a census tract in Fairmont, WV. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,976. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%Stable renters 12%Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,144
Renter share18.4%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$89,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0th percentile
#9 of 9 tracts In Fairmont
Very Low
Within county
10th percentile
#19 of 21 tracts In Marion County
Very Low
Within state
28th percentile
#391 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Low
National
20th percentile
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fairmont and the region
Centroid at 39.4573, -80.1701 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairmont scores 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
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,003 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
9.7%Housing insecurity
8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
11.8%Food insecurity
12.7%SNAP enrollment
7.2%Transit barriers
6.6%No health insurance
19.3%Frequent mental distress
37.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairmont
The clearest offset is state political climate at 1.8/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. Cost burden runs around a third here against 37.8% across Marion County. Against the Marion County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
Average gross rent is $1,003, 9% above the Fairmont average. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 4.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $89,167, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
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.
Frequently asked
About tract 54049021100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54049021100?
Census tract 54049021100 in Fairmont 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 average rent in tract 54049021100?
Median gross rent is $1,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54049021100?
8.1% of residents in tract 54049021100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,976.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54049021100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 61th, minority 26th, housing 41th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54049021100 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54049021100 compare to Fairmont overall?
Tract 54049021100 scores 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.