Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Fulton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wheeling

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

Census tract 54069000700 covers part of the Fulton area of Wheeling, WV, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 825 residents. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score

4.6

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wheeling and the region

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

Why Fulton scores 4.6

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

100%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
44%Racial/ethnic minority
95%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
2%Grade C
63%Grade D · redlined

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.

29.5%Housing insecurity
30.8%Utility-shutoff threat
44.2%Food insecurity
57.2%SNAP enrollment
23.2%Transit barriers
16.4%No health insurance
27.6%Frequent mental distress
56.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fulton

Food insecurity runs 44.2% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 51%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Set annual rent against average income of $23,067 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Against Ohio County at 46.2%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Housing insecurity runs 29.5% against 14.2% nationally. 66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. Against the Ohio County average of 3.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Wheeling. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 54069000700

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

Census tract 54069000700 in the Fulton neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 54069000700?

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

How does tract 54069000700 compare to Wheeling overall?

Tract 54069000700 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Wheeling at 3.2/10. 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.

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.