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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

Guyandotte Eviction Risk: Moderate , Huntington

Tract 54011000300 · Cabell County, WV · pop 2,582 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 4.7/10 for census tract 54011000300 reflects conditions in Guyandotte in Huntington, West Virginia. On the national scale it ranks #61,381 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 78% of renter households, a severe level, and 64% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $869 a month against an average household income of $33,064 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 11% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,129
Renter share46.9%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate27.6%
Median income$33,064

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Guyandotte
Moderate
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 23 tracts In Huntington
Elevated
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 34 tracts In Cabell County
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#44 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington and the region

Centroid at 38.4325, -82.4081 · click any tract to drill in

Why Guyandotte scores 5.8

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
27.6% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$869 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Guyandotte compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Guyandotte risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 000300Huntington: 3.43.4Huntingtonparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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.

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 Guyandotte

What moves this score most is economic stress at 6.9/10. 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 about the same as 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.

Part of this tract, about 2% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 54011000300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54011000300?

Census tract 54011000300 in the Guyandotte neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 54011000300?

Median gross rent is $869/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 54011000300?

27.6% of residents in tract 54011000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,582.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 54011000300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 56th, minority 27th, housing 61th.
Q5

Is tract 54011000300 considered part of Guyandotte?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54011000300 fall within Guyandotte (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 54011000300 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.2% 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. 15.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 54011000300 compare to Huntington overall?

Tract 54011000300 scores 5.8/10, 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 54011000300 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. 2% 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.
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Top eight tracts in Huntington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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