Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Hurricane Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 54079020700 ·
Putnam County, WV · pop 4,516 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Hurricane
Tract 54079020700 sits in Hurricane eviction risk, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. It is home to 4,516 residents. Against Putnam County at 32.7%, 12% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%Stable renters 6%Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,586
Renter share6.4%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$67,723
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
67th percentile
#2 of 4 tracts In Hurricane
Elevated
Within county
73th percentile
#4 of 12 tracts In Putnam County
Elevated
Within state
59th percentile
#224 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Elevated
National
40th percentile
#50,654 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hurricane and the region
Centroid at 38.3811, -81.9721 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hurricane scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
10.8%Housing insecurity
9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
13.3%Food insecurity
14.0%SNAP enrollment
7.5%Transit barriers
7.6%No health insurance
20.7%Frequent mental distress
36.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hurricane
The clearest offset is state political climate at 1.8/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.8/10.
That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 6% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 4.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54079020700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54079020700?
Census tract 54079020700 in Hurricane scores 3.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 54079020700?
11.0% of residents in tract 54079020700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,516.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 54079020700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 28th, minority 0th, housing 49th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 54079020700 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.8% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 54079020700 compare to Hurricane overall?
Tract 54079020700 scores 3.9/10, higher 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.