1 census tracts · pop 825 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.6/10
· range 4.6–4.6
Fulton is a one-tract neighborhood of Wheeling, WV and houses 825 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.6/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a Wheeling baseline of 33.0%, 57% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
30.8% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 51%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
SNAP participation is 57.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. 26% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. This is a renter market: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the softer side is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.5/10. That places it #1 of 12 neighborhoods in Wheeling. The closest comparables inside the same city are South Wheeling Historic District and Downtown Wheeling Historic District.
Social vulnerability runs high at 9.5/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $805, close to the Wheeling average.
One tract means one number: 4.6/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Fulton vs WheelingHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority44%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport96%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fulton
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
29.5%Housing insecurity
30.8%Utility shutoff threat
44.2%Food insecurity
57.2%SNAP enrollment
16.4%No health insurance
56.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fulton
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fulton?
Fulton scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Fulton compare to Wheeling overall?
Fulton scores 1.4 points higher than Wheeling overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $805 vs $794.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fulton?
Average gross rent in Fulton is $805/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fulton residents are renters?
66% of Fulton households are renter-occupied (vs 40% in Wheeling). The neighborhood has 825 residents.
Q5
Is Fulton a high social-vulnerability area?
Fulton sits in the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Fulton for landlords?
Fulton carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.6/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Wheeling as a whole (3.2/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Fulton?
Fulton has 825 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (77.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (10.5%), Other / Multiracial (7.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
