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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Julia-Ann Square Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Parkersburg

Tract 54107000500 · Wood County, WV · pop 4,080 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 54107000500 covers part of the Julia-Ann Square Historic District area of Parkersburg, WV, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,080 residents. 63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Wood County average of 40.4%.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 11% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,794
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate23.4%
Median income$52,366

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Julia-Ann Square Historic District
Very Low
Within parent city
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#6 of 14 tracts In Parkersburg
Elevated
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 28 tracts In Wood County
High
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#148 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Parkersburg and the region

Centroid at 39.2736, -81.5427 · click any tract to drill in

Why Julia-Ann Square Historic District scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Parkersburg
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
West Virginia legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
23.4% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$831 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Parkersburg
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Parkersburg
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Parkersburg
2.5

How Julia-Ann Square Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Julia-Ann Square Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.3This tracttract 0005003.2Parkersburgparent city3.5Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Julia-Ann Square Historic District. 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 Julia-Ann Square Historic District

Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

SNAP participation runs 23.5% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.8 points above the Wood County average of 3.5. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $831, close to the Parkersburg average.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $52,366. 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 54107000500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54107000500?

Census tract 54107000500 in the Julia-Ann Square Historic District neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 54107000500?

Median gross rent is $831/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 54107000500?

23.4% of residents in tract 54107000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,080.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 54107000500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 83th, minority 15th, housing 33th.
Q5

Is tract 54107000500 considered part of Julia-Ann Square Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54107000500 fall within Julia-Ann Square Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 54107000500 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.9% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 54107000500 compare to Parkersburg overall?

Tract 54107000500 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Parkersburg at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Parkersburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Parkersburg

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

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