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Neighborhood · Hilton Head Island, SC

Gator Field Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 4,921 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10 · range 3.5–5.1

Gator Field is a 2-tract neighborhood of Hilton Head Island, SC and houses 4,921 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.4/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 59% against 30.8% citywide, putting Gator Field 28.1% over its own city.

Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.5/10. 23% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.7/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.5 to 5.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. At $1,183 a month, rents sit 20% under what the rest of Hilton Head Island commands.

The poverty rate is 19%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 409 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

18.8% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 9.6% of renter households.

Recent filings have not receded much: 6.3% in 2014 against a 9.6% peak. That places it #3 of 11 neighborhoods in Hilton Head Island.

For a like-for-like read, Treetops at Ocean Breeze and Hickory Bluff score within a fraction of it. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $60,561.

40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Gator Field vs Hilton Head Island How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
58.9% +91%
Hilton Head Island: 30.8%
Average gross rent
$1,183 -20%
Hilton Head Island: $1,479
Average HH income
$60,561 -37%
Hilton Head Island: $96,715
Poverty rate
19.4% +131%
Hilton Head Island: 8.4%
Renter share
40.1% +88%
Hilton Head Island: 21.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gator Field and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 3.5–5.1

Why Gator Field scores 4.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.1–2.1 across tracts
2.1
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.1–5.1 across tracts
5.1
Rent control risk
59% of income on rent · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.7–1.7 across tracts
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
40% renter households · Range 4.8–4.8 across tracts
4.8
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts
5.7
Economic stress
19.4% below poverty line · Range 1.9–7.1 across tracts
4.8
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.3–1.6 across tracts
1.5
Risk score comparison

Gator Field vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Gator Field score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.4Gator FieldNeighborhood3.7Parent cityhost city3.8Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Gator Field

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
45013010800 5.1 2,779 47% $1,209
45013010900 3.5 2,142 74% $1,149
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 70

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 67%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 65%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 69%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 67%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Gator Field

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 409Total filings (sum)
  • 7.07%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.6%Peak year (2012)
  • 6.32%Latest filed (2014)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Gator Field

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Gator Field

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Gator Field?

Gator Field scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Gator Field compare to Hilton Head Island overall?

Gator Field scores 0.7 points higher than Hilton Head Island overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,183 vs $1,479.
Q3

What is the average rent in Gator Field?

Average gross rent in Gator Field is $1,183/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Gator Field residents are renters?

40% of Gator Field households are renter-occupied (vs 21% in Hilton Head Island). The neighborhood has 4,921 residents.
Q5

Is Gator Field a high social-vulnerability area?

Gator Field sits in the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Gator Field have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Gator Field is census tract 45013010800 (score 5.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.5 to 5.1, a spread of 1.6 points.
Q7

How safe is Gator Field for landlords?

Gator Field carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Hilton Head Island as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Gator Field?

Gator Field has 5,074 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (42.4%), Hispanic / Latino (30.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (18.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Hilton Head Island

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Gator Field.

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