Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Hurricane Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54079020609 · Putnam County, WV · pop 3,178 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Hurricane
Here is how census tract 54079020609, in Hurricane eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 3.7/10 eviction-risk score (Lower tier) across a population of 3,178. That is riskier than about 7% of US census tracts.
26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,043 a month while the average household earns $101,490 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,111
Renter share22.8%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$101,490
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
1
th percentile
Very Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hurricane and the region
Centroid at 38.4118, -81.9168 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hurricane scores 1.8
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
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,043 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.6%Food insecurity
- 15.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 36.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hurricane
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Hurricane eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Putnam County average of 4.1 and below the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 54079020609
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54079020609?
Census tract 54079020609 in Hurricane scores 1.8/10 (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 54079020609?
Median gross rent is $1,043/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54079020609?
3.3% of residents in tract 54079020609 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,178.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54079020609?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 19th, minority 7th, housing 42th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54079020609 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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 54079020609 compare to Hurricane overall?
Tract 54079020609 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Hurricane at 2.7/10. 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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