Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Cassville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54061011500 · Monongalia County, WV · pop 4,829 · 11% of tract blocks fall in Cassville
In Cassville, census tract 54061011500 scores 4.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 15% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $845 monthly, set against $80,345 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,170
Renter share15.7%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$80,345
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cassville and the region
Centroid at 39.6874, -80.0495 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cassville scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cassville
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$845 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cassville
1.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cassville
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cassville
1.2
How Cassville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 14.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cassville
What moves this score most is economic stress at 2.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Cassville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Monongalia County average of 4.7 and in line with the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 11th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 54061011500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54061011500?
Census tract 54061011500 in Cassville scores 2.9/10 (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 54061011500?
Median gross rent is $845/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54061011500?
11.7% of residents in tract 54061011500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,829.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54061011500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 56th, minority 4th, housing 8th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54061011500 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54061011500 compare to Cassville overall?
Tract 54061011500 scores 2.9/10, higher than the parent city of Cassville at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cassville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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