Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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Washington County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Washington County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (1 to 5)Lower-middle (7 to 10)Middle (12 to 21)Upper-middle (22 to 28)Higher (36 to 63)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.

The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.

Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.

Median tract: 15th percentile (among all U.S. tracts).
These tracts span the 1st percentile to the 63rd percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median0 (0%) · 0 people
Above the median1 (3%) · 5,224 people
Near the median4 (14%) · 20,412 people
Below the median8 (28%) · 34,770 people
Well below the median16 (55%) · 69,938 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Housing Type & Transportation — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.

The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Above the median — 1 tract (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 501.03 (pop. 5,224) — 63rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Near the median — 4 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 508.01 (pop. 5,655) — 47th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 512.02 (pop. 4,324) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 515.03 (pop. 3,413) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 509.01 (pop. 7,020) — 40th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Below the median — 8 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 503.02 (pop. 2,936) — 36th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 505.00 (pop. 7,195) — 28th percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 415.00 (pop. 777) — 25th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 513.05 (pop. 4,427) — 24th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 513.06 (pop. 6,206) — 22nd percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 507.01 (pop. 4,009) — 22nd percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 512.01 (pop. 5,121) — 22nd percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 513.02 (pop. 4,099) — 21st percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Well below the median — 16 tracts (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 515.04 (pop. 4,610) — 20th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 508.02 (pop. 3,681) — 15th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 511.02 (pop. 3,154) — 13th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 511.01 (pop. 4,897) — 13th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 507.02 (pop. 4,411) — 12th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 501.04 (pop. 3,798) — 10th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 509.02 (pop. 5,128) — 10th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 501.02 (pop. 2,523) — 7th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 513.04 (pop. 2,134) — 7th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 514.00 (pop. 5,762) — 7th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 510.00 (pop. 1,849) — 7th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 503.01 (pop. 5,333) — 5th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 506.00 (pop. 8,142) — 5th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 504.02 (pop. 2,769) — 4th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 515.02 (pop. 6,471) — 3rd percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 504.01 (pop. 5,276) — 1st percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
2 tracts unranked — no population or suppressed
These carry no percentile (zero-population or suppressed data, typically water and special-use tracts). They are excluded from the bands, median and range above, and are never shown as a low score.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against all U.S. tracts. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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