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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Harrison County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Harrison County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (1 to 16)Lower-middle (17 to 30)Middle (31 to 59)Upper-middle (60 to 81)Higher (82 to 96)
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: 44th percentile (among tracts in WV).
These tracts span the 1st percentile to the 96th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median6 (24%) · 14,905 people
Above the median3 (12%) · 8,584 people
Near the median4 (16%) · 8,795 people
Below the median5 (20%) · 17,621 people
Well below the median7 (28%) · 15,079 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.
Tract 303.00 (pop. 2,120) — 96th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 306.01 (pop. 2,857) — 86th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 306.03 (pop. 1,439) — 86th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 316.00 (pop. 2,298) — 82nd percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 306.04 (pop. 3,170) — 82nd percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 310.00 (pop. 3,021) — 81st percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 302.00 (pop. 3,043) — 80th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 301.00 (pop. 2,822) — 76th percentile — 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 320.00 (pop. 2,719) — 67th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 305.02 (pop. 3,292) — 60th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 305.01 (pop. 1,008) — 59th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 308.01 (pop. 2,086) — 44th 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 311.00 (pop. 2,409) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 317.00 (pop. 1,957) — 33rd percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 321.03 (pop. 6,450) — 31st percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 304.00 (pop. 2,614) — 30th percentile — 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 319.00 (pop. 2,352) — 26th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 321.04 (pop. 4,248) — 25th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 314.00 (pop. 2,317) — 17th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 318.00 (pop. 2,085) — 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 315.00 (pop. 1,586) — 16th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 308.02 (pop. 2,351) — 8th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 313.00 (pop. 2,422) — 4th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 312.00 (pop. 2,175) — 2nd percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 307.00 (pop. 2,143) — 1st 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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