Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Gay Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 54099020800 · Wayne County, WV · pop 3,647 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Fort Gay
Tract 54099020800 sits in Fort Gay, WV, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. It is home to 3,647 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,403
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$40,928
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Gay and the region
Centroid at 38.0964, -82.5002 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Gay scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Gay
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$799 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Gay
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Gay
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Gay
8.6
How Fort Gay compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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.
- 17.3%Housing insecurity
- 15.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.1%Food insecurity
- 30.0%SNAP enrollment
- 12.9%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 25.5%Frequent mental distress
- 48.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fort Gay
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Disability prevalence runs 48.0% against 31.5% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 30.0% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Wayne County average of 4.3. At $799 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Fort Gay commands.
On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 23% 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 6.6/10 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. 36% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $40,928.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 54099020800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54099020800?
Census tract 54099020800 in Fort Gay 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 54099020800?
Median gross rent is $799/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 54099020800?
28.0% of residents in tract 54099020800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,647.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 54099020800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 48th, minority 7th, housing 68th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 54099020800 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.3% 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. 15.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 54099020800 compare to Fort Gay overall?
Tract 54099020800 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Gay at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Gay; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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