Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 45015020102 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45015020102 · Berkeley County, SC · pop 3,608
Census tract 45015020102 covers part of Berkeley County, SC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,608 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,149
Renter share16.4%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$89,046
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley County and the region
Centroid at 33.1910, -80.2731 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 45015020102 scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$836 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 45015020102 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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)
- 71Total filings over 5 yrs
- 10.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.7%Peak (2012)
- 16Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 78% over the past 5 months.
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.
- 14.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.6%Food insecurity
- 10.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 12.6%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 34.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 45015020102
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10.
Court records carry 71 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Against the Berkeley County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 18.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 11.0% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $89,046, annual rent is just 11%. Statewide the SC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 45015020102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45015020102?
Census tract 45015020102 in Berkeley County 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 average rent in tract 45015020102?
Median gross rent is $836/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45015020102?
5.5% of residents in tract 45015020102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,608.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45015020102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 51th, minority 58th, housing 70th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45015020102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45015020102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.97% of renter households, peaking at 18.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45015020102 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.9% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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