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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

Fulton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wheeling

Tract 54069000700 · Ohio County, WV · pop 825 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 54069000700, home to 825 residents in the Fulton area of Wheeling, scores 4.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 33rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $805 a month while the average household earns $23,067 a year, roughly 42% of income at the averages. About 66% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 28% Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units372
Renter share66.1%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate51.1%
Median income$23,067

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fulton
Moderate
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 16 tracts In Wheeling
High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 18 tracts In Ohio County
Very High
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#72 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wheeling and the region

Centroid at 40.0739, -80.7169 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fulton scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wheeling
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
51.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$805 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wheeling
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wheeling
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wheeling
2.5

How Fulton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fulton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 000700Wheeling: 3.13.1Wheelingparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fulton

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. 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 Wheeling eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Ohio County average of 4.2 and above the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 63% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

In CDC survey modeling, about 29.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 30.8% 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 54069000700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54069000700?

Census tract 54069000700 in the Fulton neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 54069000700?

Median gross rent is $805/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 54069000700?

51.1% of residents in tract 54069000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 825.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 54069000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 58th, minority 44th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 54069000700 considered part of Fulton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54069000700 fall within Fulton (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 54069000700 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.5% 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. 30.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 54069000700 compare to Wheeling overall?

Tract 54069000700 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Wheeling at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wheeling eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 54069000700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 63% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wheeling

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

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