1 census tracts · pop 4,616 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 4.5–4.5
Hickory Bluff maps to a single census tract in Hilton Head Island, SC, population 4,616. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.5/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 56% against 30.8% citywide, putting Hickory Bluff 25.6% over its own city.
24% 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. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.7/10. Court records for this tract carry 116 eviction filings.
The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 5.3% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,616, 9% above the Hilton Head Island average of $1,479. Recent filings have not receded much: 3.4% in 2014 against a 5.3% peak.
That places it #1 of 11 neighborhoods in Hilton Head Island. For a like-for-like read, Gator Field and Treetops at Ocean Breeze score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $71,478. 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 4.5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Hickory Bluff vs Hilton Head IslandHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority63%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport83%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Hickory Bluff
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
116Total filings (sum)
4.44%Avg annual filing rate
5.3%Peak year (2012)
3.44%Latest filed (2014)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Hickory Bluff
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
12.7%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility shutoff threat
17.2%Food insecurity
9.4%SNAP enrollment
15.5%No health insurance
30.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Hickory Bluff
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Hickory Bluff?
Hickory Bluff scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Hickory Bluff compare to Hilton Head Island overall?
Hickory Bluff scores 0.8 points higher than Hilton Head Island overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,616 vs $1,479.
Q3
What is the average rent in Hickory Bluff?
Average gross rent in Hickory Bluff is $1,616/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Hickory Bluff residents are renters?
37% of Hickory Bluff households are renter-occupied (vs 21% in Hilton Head Island). The neighborhood has 4,616 residents.
Q5
Is Hickory Bluff a high social-vulnerability area?
Hickory Bluff sits in the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Hickory Bluff for landlords?
Hickory Bluff carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Hickory Bluff?
Hickory Bluff has 4,629 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (62.9%), Hispanic / Latino (27%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
