Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Morgantown Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 54061011804 · Monongalia County, WV · pop 3,687 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Morgantown

Census tract 54061011804 runs through Morgantown in Monongalia County. With 3,687 residents, it scores 3.1/10 for landlords. It lands near the 2nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,152 monthly, set against $115,672 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

2.8

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 4% Owners 96%

Tract context

Occupied units1,473

Renter share3.8%

SVI overall0.15

Poverty rate5.9%

Median income$115,672

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Morgantown and the region

Centroid at 39.5539, -79.9586 · click any tract to drill in

Why Morgantown scores 2.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Morgantown

5.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.9

State political climate

West Virginia legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

5.9% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$1,152 rent vs county FMR

5.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Morgantown

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Morgantown

4.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Morgantown

3.0

How Morgantown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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

28%Socioeconomic
25%Household composition
23%Racial/ethnic minority
13%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.

9.1%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
10.2%Food insecurity
10.6%SNAP enrollment
6.3%Transit barriers
6.2%No health insurance
18.3%Frequent mental distress
27.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Morgantown

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 5.8/10. 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 Morgantown eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Monongalia County average of 4.7 and below 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 15th 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 9.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 54061011804

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54061011804?

Census tract 54061011804 in Morgantown scores 2.8/10 (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 54061011804?

Median gross rent is $1,152/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54061011804?

5.9% of residents in tract 54061011804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,687.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54061011804?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 25th, minority 23th, housing 13th.

What share of households in tract 54061011804 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.1% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54061011804 compare to Morgantown overall?

Tract 54061011804 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Morgantown at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Morgantown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Morgantown

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