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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Hickory Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Hilton Head Island

Tract 45013010700 · Beaufort County, SC · pop 4,931 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 45013010700 covers part of the Hickory Forest area of Hilton Head Island, SC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,931 residents. Against Beaufort County at 45.1%, 24% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 3% Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units2,230
Renter share3.9%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$113,571

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Hickory Forest
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 13 tracts In Hilton Head Island
Very Low
Within county
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 42 tracts In Beaufort County
Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#932 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hilton Head Island and the region

Centroid at 32.2572, -80.7106 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hickory Forest scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hilton Head Island
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hilton Head Island
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hilton Head Island
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hilton Head Island
5.7

How Hickory Forest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hickory Forest risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0107003.7Hilton Head Islandparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 30Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 2.03%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.1%Peak (2012)
  • 9Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45013010700
Filings climbed 125% over the past 5 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hickory Forest

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10.

Food insecurity runs 5.8% against 17.8% nationally. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Housing insecurity runs 4.0% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 1.0 points below the Beaufort County average of 4.0.

Court records carry 30 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 3.1% of renter households.

In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 4% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 45013010700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45013010700?

Census tract 45013010700 in the Hickory Forest neighborhood 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 poverty rate in tract 45013010700?

0.8% of residents in tract 45013010700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,931.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 45013010700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 11th, minority 11th, housing 55th.
Q4

Is tract 45013010700 considered part of Hickory Forest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45013010700 fall within Hickory Forest (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45013010700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45013010700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.03% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 45013010700 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.0% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 45013010700 compare to Hilton Head Island overall?

Tract 45013010700 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Hilton Head Island at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hilton Head Island eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hilton Head Island

Top eight tracts in Hilton Head Island ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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