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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally

Altizer Eviction Risk: Elevated , Huntington

Tract 54011000200 · Cabell County, WV · pop 2,638 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 54011000200 covers the Altizer area of Huntington, home to 2,638 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 37% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 70% of renter households, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $777 a month against an average household income of $28,343 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 15% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,190
Renter share50.3%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate42.0%
Median income$28,343

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Altizer
Very High
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 23 tracts In Huntington
Very High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#4 of 34 tracts In Cabell County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington and the region

Centroid at 38.4295, -82.3640 · click any tract to drill in

Why Altizer scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Huntington
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
42.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$777 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Huntington
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Huntington
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Huntington
3.0

How Altizer compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Altizer risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.06.0This tracttract 000200Huntington: 3.43.4Huntingtonparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Altizer. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Altizer

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Huntington eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cabell County average of 4.5 and above the West Virginia statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 21.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 54011000200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54011000200?

Census tract 54011000200 in the Altizer neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 54011000200?

Median gross rent is $777/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 54011000200?

42.0% of residents in tract 54011000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,638.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 54011000200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 58th, minority 23th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 54011000200 considered part of Altizer?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54011000200 fall within Altizer (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 54011000200 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.2% 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. 20.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 54011000200 compare to Huntington overall?

Tract 54011000200 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Huntington at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Huntington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 54011000200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Huntington

Top eight tracts in Huntington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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