Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Beaufort Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45013000700 · Beaufort County, SC · pop 5,663 · 84% of tract blocks fall in Beaufort
Census tract 45013000700 sits in Beaufort eviction risk, South Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. On the national scale it ranks #49,441 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,144 a month while the average household earns $83,727 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,709
Renter share29.6%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$83,727
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Beaufort and the region
Centroid at 32.4169, -80.6897 · click any tract to drill in
Why Beaufort scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Beaufort
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,144 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Beaufort
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Beaufort
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Beaufort
7.7
How Beaufort compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 412Total filings over 5 yrs
- 11.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.6%Peak (2010)
- 82Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 23% 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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Beaufort
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Beaufort eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Beaufort County average of 5.5 and below the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 412 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 11.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.6% of renter households in 2010.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 61st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45013000700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45013000700?
Census tract 45013000700 in Beaufort scores 3.5/10 (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 45013000700?
Median gross rent is $1,144/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45013000700?
5.8% of residents in tract 45013000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,663.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45013000700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 31th, minority 41th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45013000700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 412 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45013000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.36% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45013000700 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45013000700 compare to Beaufort overall?
Tract 45013000700 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Beaufort at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Beaufort eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Beaufort
Top eight tracts in Beaufort ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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