Neighborhood · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Wheeling Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 54069002700 · Ohio County, WV · pop 628 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 4.7/10, tract 54069002700 in the Downtown Wheeling Historic District area of Wheeling ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 628 residents. That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $835 a month while the average household earns $24,185 a year, roughly 41% of income at the averages. Renters make up 91% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 53% Owners 9%

Tract context

Occupied units391

Renter share91.3%

SVI overall0.60

Poverty rate44.3%

Median income$24,185

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wheeling and the region

Centroid at 40.0634, -80.7225 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Wheeling Historic District scores 5.4

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

44.3% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$835 rent vs county FMR

3.8

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 Downtown Wheeling Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

84%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
22%Racial/ethnic minority
76%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
8%Grade C
20%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.

20.2%Housing insecurity
20.9%Utility-shutoff threat
29.0%Food insecurity
37.7%SNAP enrollment
15.4%Transit barriers
11.8%No health insurance
24.2%Frequent mental distress
46.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown Wheeling Historic District

What moves this score most 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 20.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.9% 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 54069002700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54069002700?

Census tract 54069002700 in the Downtown Wheeling Historic District 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 54069002700?

Median gross rent is $835/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 54069002700?

44.3% of residents in tract 54069002700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 628.

How socially vulnerable is tract 54069002700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 6th, minority 22th, housing 76th.

Is tract 54069002700 considered part of Downtown Wheeling Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54069002700 fall within Downtown Wheeling Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 54069002700 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.2% 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. 20.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 54069002700 compare to Wheeling overall?

Tract 54069002700 scores 5.4/10, 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.

Was tract 54069002700 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. 20% 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.