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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Tavennersville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Parkersburg

Tract 54107000901 · Wood County, WV · pop 1,493 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 54107000901 covers part of the Tavennersville area of Parkersburg, WV, and scores 4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 8% here against 40.4% across Wood County.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 41% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units830
Renter share44.6%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate19.6%
Median income$42,402

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Tavennersville
Very High
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 14 tracts In Parkersburg
Moderate
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 28 tracts In Wood County
Elevated
Within state
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#198 of 546 tracts In West Virginia
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Parkersburg and the region

Centroid at 39.2504, -81.5523 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tavennersville scores 4

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
19.6% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$728 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Tavennersville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tavennersville risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 0009013.2Parkersburgparent city3.5Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Tavennersville. 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 Tavennersville

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 45.4% against 31.5% nationally.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. SNAP participation runs 28.1% against 15.2% nationally.

The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Wood County average of 3.5 closely. Average gross rent is $728, close to the Parkersburg average.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $42,402.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 54107000901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 54107000901?

Census tract 54107000901 in the Tavennersville neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 54107000901?

Median gross rent is $728/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 54107000901?

19.6% of residents in tract 54107000901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,493.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 54107000901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 21th, minority 1th, housing 4th.
Q5

Is tract 54107000901 considered part of Tavennersville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 54107000901 fall within Tavennersville (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 54107000901 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.6% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 54107000901 compare to Parkersburg overall?

Tract 54107000901 scores 4/10, 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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