Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Port Royal Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45013001000 · Beaufort County, SC · pop 4,113 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Port Royal
Census tract 45013001000 sits in Port Royal eviction risk, South Carolina eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
50% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,457 a month while the average household earns $63,516 a year, roughly 46% of income at the averages. Renters make up 95% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48%
Stable renters 48%
Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units233
Renter share95.3%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$63,516
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Port Royal and the region
Centroid at 32.3176, -80.6822 · click any tract to drill in
Why Port Royal scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Port Royal
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,457 rent vs county FMR
8.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Port Royal
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Port Royal
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Port Royal
5.9
How Port Royal compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
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.
- 10.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 5.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 14.3%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Port Royal
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Port Royal eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Beaufort County average of 5.5 and above the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 21st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 45013001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45013001000?
Census tract 45013001000 in Port Royal scores 3.4/10 (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 45013001000?
Median gross rent is $2,457/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45013001000?
4.4% of residents in tract 45013001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,113.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45013001000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 2th, minority 68th, housing 45th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 45013001000 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.8% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 45013001000 compare to Port Royal overall?
Tract 45013001000 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Port Royal at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Port Royal eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Port Royal
Top eight tracts in Port Royal ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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