Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Buffalo Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54079020200 · Putnam County, WV · pop 5,000 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Buffalo
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 54079020200 in Buffalo, WV reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Average gross rent is $869, 59% above the Buffalo average.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,103
Renter share16.3%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$74,963
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buffalo and the region
Centroid at 38.5988, -81.9262 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buffalo scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Buffalo
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$869 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Buffalo
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Buffalo
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Buffalo
6.2
How Buffalo compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.8%Food insecurity
- 16.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 38.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buffalo
Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.
Running cool, regional political climate reads 2.9/10. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $74,963, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 34% of renters. It tracks the Putnam County average of 3.6 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 54079020200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54079020200?
Census tract 54079020200 in Buffalo scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 54079020200?
Median gross rent is $869/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54079020200?
13.7% of residents in tract 54079020200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,000.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54079020200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 46th, minority 6th, housing 63th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54079020200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54079020200 compare to Buffalo overall?
Tract 54079020200 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Buffalo at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buffalo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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