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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Marcum Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Huntington

Tract 54011001800 · Cabell County, WV · pop 3,368 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 54011001800 in the Marcum Terrace area of Huntington, WV reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 22% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,424
Renter share56.5%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate38.1%
Median income$31,786

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Marcum Terrace
Very High
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 23 tracts In Huntington
Very High
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 34 tracts In Cabell County
High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#64 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington and the region

Centroid at 38.4160, -82.4022 · click any tract to drill in

Why Marcum Terrace scores 4.8

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
38.1% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$862 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Marcum Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Marcum Terrace risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0018003.4Huntingtonparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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 Marcum Terrace. 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 Marcum Terrace

The dominant input is economic stress at 9.5/10. The poverty rate is 38%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

60% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Cabell County average of 48.2%. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $31,786, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Food insecurity runs 30.2% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Cabell County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Housing insecurity runs 21.8% against 14.2% nationally.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Huntington. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 54011001800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54011001800?

Census tract 54011001800 in the Marcum Terrace neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 54011001800?

Median gross rent is $862/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 54011001800?

38.1% of residents in tract 54011001800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,368.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 54011001800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 46th, minority 31th, housing 54th.
Q5

Is tract 54011001800 considered part of Marcum Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54011001800 fall within Marcum Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 54011001800 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.8% 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. 22.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 54011001800 compare to Huntington overall?

Tract 54011001800 scores 4.8/10, 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 54011001800 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.
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Top eight tracts in Huntington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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