Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Hurricane Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54079020300 · Putnam County, WV · pop 5,219 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Hurricane
54079020300 is a census tract in Hurricane, WV. It scores 3/10 for landlords. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,201
Renter share9.9%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$85,859
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hurricane and the region
Centroid at 38.5243, -82.0019 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hurricane scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hurricane
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$764 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hurricane
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hurricane
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hurricane
4.7
How Hurricane compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.3%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hurricane
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.3/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.
26% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Putnam County average of 32.7%. Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% nationally.
At $764 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Hurricane commands. Against the Putnam County average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 10% 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.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.8/10. Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $85,859, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 54079020300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54079020300?
Census tract 54079020300 in Hurricane scores 3/10 (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 54079020300?
Median gross rent is $764/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54079020300?
5.3% of residents in tract 54079020300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,219.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54079020300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 14th, minority 1th, housing 82th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54079020300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54079020300 compare to Hurricane overall?
Tract 54079020300 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Hurricane at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hurricane eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hurricane
Top eight tracts in Hurricane ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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