Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Wayne Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54099020900 · Wayne County, WV · pop 2,596 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Wayne
Tract 54099020900 sits in Wayne, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. It is home to 2,596 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,113
Renter share20.0%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$38,458
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wayne and the region
Centroid at 38.1263, -82.3500 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayne scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wayne
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$761 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wayne
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wayne
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wayne
8.7
How Wayne compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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.
- 15.8%Housing insecurity
- 14.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.1%Food insecurity
- 27.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.8%Transit barriers
- 11.5%No health insurance
- 23.8%Frequent mental distress
- 47.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wayne
roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Wayne County average of 35.5%. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.9/10.
Disability prevalence runs 47.9% against 31.5% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
SNAP participation runs 27.4% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Wayne County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the WV average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54099020900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54099020900?
Census tract 54099020900 in Wayne scores 5.6/10 (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 54099020900?
Median gross rent is $761/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54099020900?
24.0% of residents in tract 54099020900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,596.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54099020900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 45th, minority 2th, housing 47th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54099020900 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.8% 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. 14.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54099020900 compare to Wayne overall?
Tract 54099020900 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Wayne at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wayne; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wayne
Top eight tracts in Wayne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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