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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Bedford County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Bedford County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Tract 301.01 — 9 (Lower)Tract 301.03 — 35 (Upper-middle)Tract 301.04 — 13 (Lower)Tract 302.02 — 21 (Middle)Tract 302.03 — 6 (Lower)Tract 302.04 — 12 (Lower)Tract 303.00 — 19 (Lower-middle)Tract 304.01 — 32 (Upper-middle)Tract 304.03 — 19 (Lower-middle)Tract 304.04 — 19 (Lower-middle)Tract 305.01 — 38 (Upper-middle)Tract 305.03 — 17 (Lower-middle)Tract 305.04 — 24 (Middle)Tract 306.01 — 23 (Middle)Tract 306.02 — 30 (Middle)Tract 306.03 — 47 (Higher)Tract 306.04 — 39 (Higher)Tract 306.05 — 33 (Upper-middle)Tract 501.01 — 78 (Higher)Tract 501.02 — 42 (Higher)
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (6 to 13)Lower-middle (17 to 19)Middle (21 to 30)Upper-middle (32 to 38)Higher (39 to 78)
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: 23rd percentile (among all U.S. tracts).
These tracts span the 6th percentile to the 78th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median0 (0%) · 0 people
Above the median1 (5%) · 2,961 people
Near the median2 (10%) · 5,044 people
Below the median9 (45%) · 37,261 people
Well below the median8 (40%) · 35,628 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Socioeconomic Status — 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.
Tract 501.01 (pop. 2,961) — 78th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 306.03 (pop. 2,413) — 47th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (well above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 501.02 (pop. 2,631) — 42nd 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 306.04 (pop. 2,403) — 39th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 305.01 (pop. 3,893) — 38th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 301.03 (pop. 9,260) — 35th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 306.05 (pop. 3,204) — 33rd percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 304.01 (pop. 3,206) — 32nd percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 306.02 (pop. 3,463) — 30th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 305.04 (pop. 2,542) — 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 306.01 (pop. 3,255) — 23rd percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 302.02 (pop. 6,035) — 21st percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 303.00 (pop. 3,738) — 19th 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 304.03 (pop. 3,634) — 19th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 304.04 (pop. 3,580) — 19th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 305.03 (pop. 2,631) — 17th 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 301.04 (pop. 4,704) — 13th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 302.04 (pop. 4,285) — 12th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 301.01 (pop. 8,231) — 9th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 302.03 (pop. 4,825) — 6th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
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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