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Woodburn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Morgantown

Tract 54061010101 · Monongalia County, WV · pop 1,424 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 54061010101 covers part of the Woodburn area of Morgantown, WV, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,424. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 58% Stable renters 40% Owners 2%

Tract context

Occupied units496

Renter share98.4%

SVI overall0.77

Poverty rate67.2%

Median income$19,196

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Morgantown and the region

Centroid at 39.6325, -79.9497 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodburn scores 5.4

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

67.2% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$714 rent vs county FMR

1.7

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 Woodburn compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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

98%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
17%Racial/ethnic minority
100%Housing & transportation

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.

22.7%Housing insecurity
23.2%Utility-shutoff threat
37.5%Food insecurity
46.3%SNAP enrollment
24.6%Transit barriers
12.6%No health insurance
34.9%Frequent mental distress
47.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woodburn

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 67%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 98% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Annualized rent equals 45% of average household income of $19,196, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Cost burden runs 59% here against 45.5% across Monongalia County.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 47.8% against 31.5% nationally.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Average gross rent is $714, 24% below the Morgantown average. It sits 1.2 points above the Monongalia County average of 4.2.

Housing insecurity runs 22.7% against 14.2% nationally.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 54061010101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54061010101?

Census tract 54061010101 in the Woodburn neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 54061010101?

Median gross rent is $714/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54061010101?

67.2% of residents in tract 54061010101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,424.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54061010101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 1th, minority 17th, housing 100th.

Is tract 54061010101 considered part of Woodburn?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54061010101 fall within Woodburn (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 54061010101 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.7% 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. 23.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54061010101 compare to Morgantown overall?

Tract 54061010101 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Morgantown at 4/10. 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.