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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Cabell County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Cabell County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (6 to 13)Lower-middle (18 to 51)Middle (51 to 76)Upper-middle (83 to 89)Higher (92 to 99)
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: 63rd percentile (among tracts in WV).
These tracts span the 6th percentile to the 99th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median14 (41%) · 30,209 people
Above the median4 (12%) · 11,414 people
Near the median5 (15%) · 14,259 people
Below the median4 (12%) · 16,464 people
Well below the median7 (21%) · 20,393 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Household Characteristics — 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.
Well above the median — 14 tracts (80th–100th percentile)
Tract 2.00 (pop. 2,479) — 99th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 15.00 (pop. 1,985) — 99th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 109.00 (pop. 1,352) — 97th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 11.00 (pop. 1,760) — 96th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 9.00 (pop. 1,231) — 95th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 14.00 (pop. 2,330) — 95th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 12.00 (pop. 2,458) — 92nd percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 18.00 (pop. 3,256) — 89th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 10.00 (pop. 2,401) — 89th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 3.00 (pop. 2,568) — 87th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 13.00 (pop. 2,719) — 87th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 1.02 (pop. 2,111) — 85th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 4.00 (pop. 2,205) — 84th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 6.00 (pop. 1,354) — 83rd percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Above the median — 4 tracts (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 21.00 (pop. 3,085) — 76th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 103.00 (pop. 3,152) — 72nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 104.01 (pop. 3,847) — 64th percentile — Above 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 1.01 (pop. 1,330) — 62nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Near the median — 5 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 104.02 (pop. 2,946) — 54th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 16.00 (pop. 722) — 53rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 105.00 (pop. 4,989) — 51st percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5.00 (pop. 3,607) — 51st percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 102.04 (pop. 1,995) — 43rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Below the median — 4 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 102.03 (pop. 3,916) — 39th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 108.02 (pop. 4,008) — 37th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 106.00 (pop. 4,007) — 37th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 102.02 (pop. 4,533) — 35th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Well below the median — 7 tracts (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 101.04 (pop. 2,724) — 18th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 107.02 (pop. 4,307) — 13th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 108.01 (pop. 1,913) — 13th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 20.00 (pop. 3,594) — 12th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 101.03 (pop. 3,010) — 7th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 107.01 (pop. 2,616) — 6th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 19.00 (pop. 2,229) — 6th 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.
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 tracts in WV. "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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