Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Lawton Eviction Risk: Lower , Hilton Head Island

Tract 45013010200 · Beaufort County, SC · pop 3,151 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 45013010200 covers part of the Lawton area of Hilton Head Island, SC, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,151 residents. Cost burden runs 65% here against 45.1% across Beaufort County.

Risk score

3.5

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 8% Owners 77%

Tract context

Occupied units1,791

Renter share23.9%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate8.0%

Median income$82,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hilton Head Island and the region

Centroid at 32.1519, -80.7893 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lawton scores 3.5

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

8.0% poverty · this tract

2.0

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 Lawton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

29%Socioeconomic
74%Household composition
29%Racial/ethnic minority
94%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)

115Total filings over 5 yrs
6.11%Avg annual filing rate
8.3%Peak (2014)
31Filings in 2014 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2010 to 2014

Filings climbed 107% 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.

4.8%Housing insecurity
3.0%Utility-shutoff threat
6.7%Food insecurity
3.0%SNAP enrollment
3.6%Transit barriers
8.1%No health insurance
9.5%Frequent mental distress
28.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lawton

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.6/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10.

SNAP participation runs 3.0% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 6.7% against 17.8% nationally.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 115 filings here across 5 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 8.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.6/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Beaufort County average of 4.0 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 45013010200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45013010200?

Census tract 45013010200 in the Lawton neighborhood 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.

What is the poverty rate in tract 45013010200?

8.0% of residents in tract 45013010200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,151.

How socially vulnerable is tract 45013010200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 74th, minority 29th, housing 94th.

Is tract 45013010200 considered part of Lawton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 45013010200 fall within Lawton (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45013010200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 115 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45013010200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.11% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 45013010200 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.8% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 45013010200 compare to Hilton Head Island overall?

Tract 45013010200 scores 3.5/10, right in line with 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org