Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Bluffton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45013002102 · Beaufort County, SC · pop 6,613 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Bluffton
Tract 45013002102 sits in Bluffton eviction risk, SC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units2,813
Renter share4.7%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$107,844
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bluffton and the region
Centroid at 32.1862, -80.8984 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bluffton scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bluffton
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,295 rent vs county FMR
7.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bluffton
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bluffton
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bluffton
5.1
How Bluffton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 44Total filings over 5 yrs
- 7.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2014)
- 13Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 63% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 4.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 22.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bluffton
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
The voucher gap is 26.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against Beaufort County at 45.1%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10. SNAP participation runs 4.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Beaufort County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Court records carry 44 eviction filings across 5 observed years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 10.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.7% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45013002102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45013002102?
Census tract 45013002102 in Bluffton scores 3/10 (Lower 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 45013002102?
Median gross rent is $2,295/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45013002102?
2.4% of residents in tract 45013002102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,613.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45013002102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 63th, minority 38th, housing 4th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45013002102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 44 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45013002102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.71% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45013002102 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45013002102 compare to Bluffton overall?
Tract 45013002102 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Bluffton at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bluffton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bluffton
Top eight tracts in Bluffton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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